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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Ndoi Island in Fiji


Earthquake location -18.8608S, -177.9863WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 211 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (131 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.9863 West, latitude -18.8608 South, depth = 444.11 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 444.11 km (276 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/12/16 / 2016-12-13 02:46:34 / December 13, 2016 @ 2:46 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us200080dk. Unique identifier: us200080dk. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:46:34 / 2:46 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 211 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.9863° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.8608° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 444.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 211km NNE 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 2016-12-13 02:46:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-13 03:16:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 400 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 3.923 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 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 us200080dk Id of event.
Event Code 200080dk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200080dk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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