Strong earthquake 6.5 mag, South of the Fiji Islands

A earthquake magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) strikes South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/18 / 2018-09-16 21:11:48 / September 16, 2018 @ 9:11 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 178.2198 East, latitude -25.4526 South, depth = 569.97 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:11:48 / 9:11 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000hfjk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hfjk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 569.97 km (354 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: South of the Fiji Islands.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	178.2198° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-25.4526° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	569.97 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	South of the Fiji Islands	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-09-16 21:11:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-09-16 21:44:03	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	1.48	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	650	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	7.671	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	40	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	us2000hfjk	Id of event.
Event Code	2000hfjk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000hfjk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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