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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Fiji region


Earthquake location -17.954S, -178.3317WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, Fiji region (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:14:39 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/08/18 / 2018-08-27 20:14:39 / August 27, 2018 @ 8:14 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 542.13 km (337 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -178.3317 West, latitude -17.954 South, depth = 542.13 km. Unique identifier: us2000h8r3. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000h8r3.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.3317° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.954° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 542.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Fiji region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-27 20:14:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-18 17:22:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 3.449 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 267 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 us2000h8r3 Id of event.
Event Code 2000h8r3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000h8r3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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