Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Lambasa in Fiji

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 296 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji (184 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 12:47:36 / 12:47 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us700048h3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700048h3. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 623.47 km (387 miles). Global time and date of event 02/07/19 / 2019-07-02 00:47:36 / July 2, 2019 @ 12:47 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 623.47 km, -178.3443° West, -17.9667° South.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 296 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-178.3443° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-17.9667° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	623.47 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	296km 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	2019-07-02 00:47:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-07-02 01:06:49	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	284	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	3.438	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	us700048h3	Id of event.
Event Code	700048h3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us700048h3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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