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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag strikes near Ndoi Island in Fiji

Posted by admin on February 11, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.9059S, -179.1221WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 52 km WSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (32 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d0k7. Id of event: us2000d0k7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 619.77 km (385 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -179.1221 West, latitude -20.9059 South, depth = 619.77 km. Global time and date of event 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 16:38:14 / February 11, 2018 @ 4:38 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:38:14 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 52 km WSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.1221° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.9059° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 619.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km WSW 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 2018-02-11 16:38:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-11 16:58:09 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 449 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 8.373 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 90 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000d0k7 Id of event.
Event Code 2000d0k7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d0k7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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