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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Ndoi Island in Fiji


Earthquake location -20.2034S, -178.2677WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 66 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (41 miles) on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/11/19 / 2019-11-03 15:27:32 / November 3, 2019 @ 3:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006ap3. Id of event: us60006ap3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 571.19 km (355 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:27:32 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 571.19 km, -178.2677° West, -20.2034° South.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.2677° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.2034° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 571.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66km NE 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 2019-11-03 15:27:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-13 14:58:38 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 4.254 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 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 us60006ap3 Id of event.
Event Code 60006ap3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006ap3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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