Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Levuka in Fiji

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 293 km E of Levuka, Fiji (182 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/02/21 / 2021-02-27 02:13:01 / February 27, 2021 @ 2:13 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 02:13:01 / 2:13 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000de1v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000de1v. Exact location of earthquake, -177.9418° West, -18.5079° South, depth 553.86 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 553.86 km (344 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 293 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-177.9418° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-18.5079° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	553.86 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	293 km E of Levuka, Fiji	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-02-27 02:13:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-27 02:33:47	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	1.455	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	482	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	3.883	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	33	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000de1v	Id of event.
Event Code	7000de1v	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000de1v,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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