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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Labasa in Fiji


Earthquake location -17.0327S, -178.947WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 191 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji (119 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -178.947 West, latitude -17.0327 South, depth = 557.96 km. Global time and date of event 24/05/20 / 2020-05-24 14:09:52 / May 24, 2020 @ 2:09 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 557.96 km (347 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:09:52 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000a3l8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a3l8.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 191 km ESE of Labasa, 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 -178.947° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.0327° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 557.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 191 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-24 14:09:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-01 14:17:51 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 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 2.823 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 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 us6000a3l8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a3l8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a3l8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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