Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 54 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 54 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (34 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 594.91 km (370 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004wb5. Id of event: us10004wb5. The temblor was reported at 12:40:52 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -178.4053° West, -20.2482° South, depth 594.91 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/03/16 / 2016-03-05 00:40:52 / March 5, 2016 @ 12:40 am UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-178.4053° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-20.2482° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	594.91 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	54km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-03-05 00:40:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-03-20 03:58:36	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-720	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	259	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.174	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.61 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	80	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10004wb5	Id of event.
Event Code	10004wb5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004wb5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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