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Strong earthquake, 6.6 mag was detected near Ndoi Island in Fiji

Posted by admin on May 28, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -22.0213S, -178.1606WA earthquake with magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) was reported 161 km SSE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (100 miles) on Friday. Global time and date of event 28/05/16 / 2016-05-28 05:38:51 / May 28, 2016 @ 5:38 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us20005yqp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005yqp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:38:51 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 416.79 km (259 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.1606 West, latitude -22.0213 South, depth = 416.79 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 161 km SSE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.1606° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.0213° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 416.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 161km SSE 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 2016-05-28 05:38:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-28 06:02:35 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 2.86 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 670 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 5.549 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 19 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20005yqp Id of event.
Event Code 20005yqp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005yqp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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