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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Lambasa in Fiji


Earthquake location -17.835S, -178.5468WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 270 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji (168 miles) on Friday. Unique identifier: us2000g8uk. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g8uk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:13:38 / 12:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 590.3 km (367 miles). Global time and date of event 14/07/18 / 2018-07-14 00:13:38 / July 14, 2018 @ 12:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.5468 West, latitude -17.835 South, depth = 590.3 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 270 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.5468° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.835° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 590.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 270km SE 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 2018-07-14 00:13:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-27 05:04:53 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 271 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 3.241 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us2000g8uk Id of event.
Event Code 2000g8uk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000g8uk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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