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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Ndoi Island in Fiji


Earthquake location -18.1168S, -178.032WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 289 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (180 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 561.57 km (349 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 00:57:12 / 12:57 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000hq9w. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hq9w. Global time and date of event 10/11/18 / 2018-11-10 12:57:12 / November 10, 2018 @ 12:57 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -178.032 West, latitude -18.1168 South, depth = 561.57 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 289 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.032° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.1168° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 561.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 289km NNE 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 2018-11-10 12:57:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-10 13:12:33 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 385 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 3.745 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us1000hq9w Id of event.
Event Code 1000hq9w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hq9w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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