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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Lambasa in Fiji


Earthquake location -17.7024S, -178.5152WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 265 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (165 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 571.4 km (355 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.5152 West, latitude -17.7024 South, depth = 571.4 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/08/19 / 2019-08-10 11:24:27 / August 10, 2019 @ 11:24 am UTC/GMT. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:24:27 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us60005611. Unique identifier: us60005611.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 265 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.5152° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.7024° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 571.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 265km ESE 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 2019-08-10 11:24:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-05 11:46:43 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 246 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 3.271 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us60005611 Id of event.
Event Code 60005611 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60005611, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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