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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Ndoi Island in Fiji

Posted by admin on June 17, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -22.1552S, -179.4587WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 184 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (114 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 13:41:33 / June 17, 2018 @ 1:41 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 01:41:33 / 1:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 564.78 km, -179.4587° West, -22.1552° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000etvt. Event ids that are associated: us1000etvt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 564.78 km (351 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 184 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.4587° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.1552° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 564.78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 184km SSW 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 2018-06-17 13:41:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-17 14:05:28 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 4.972 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 us1000etvt Id of event.
Event Code 1000etvt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000etvt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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