Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Fiji region

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, Fiji region (0 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 606.87 km (377 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.3599 West, latitude -21.9472 South, depth = 606.87 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/01/21 / 2021-01-18 01:47:06 / January 18, 2021 @ 1:47 am. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:47:06 / 1:47 am (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: us7000d3p2. Unique identifier: us7000d3p2.

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

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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: Fiji region. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-179.3599° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-21.9472° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	606.87 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Fiji region	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-01-18 01:47:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-01-28 03:27:58	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	4.838	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.61 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	204	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	us7000d3p2	Id of event.
Event Code	7000d3p2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000d3p2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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