Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 246 km SSW of Suva, Fiji

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 246 km SSW of Suva, Fiji (153 miles) on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000e0r3. Unique identifier: us2000e0r3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/04/18 / 2018-04-15 23:12:57 / April 15, 2018 @ 11:12 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 177.416 East, latitude -20.1458 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:12:57 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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: 246 km SSW of Suva, Fiji.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	177.416° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-20.1458° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	246km SSW of Suva, Fiji	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-04-15 23:12:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-04-15 23:35:47	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	416	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	2.463	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.16 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	104	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	us2000e0r3	Id of event.
Event Code	2000e0r3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000e0r3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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