Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 265 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 265 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (165 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.5135 West, latitude -17.7038 South, depth = 532.52 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 532.52 km (331 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/09/17 / 2017-09-04 21:03:21 / September 4, 2017 @ 9:03 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:03:21 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000arnd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000arnd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 265 km ESE of Lambasa, 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	-178.5135° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-17.7038° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	532.52 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	265km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-04 21:03:21	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-21 02:08:36	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-720	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		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	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	3.272	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.38 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	72	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	us2000arnd	Id of event.
Event Code	2000arnd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000arnd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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