Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near the Fiji Islands

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000n828. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n828. Exact location of earthquake, 178.4857° East, -25.5468° South, depth 624.463 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:56:51 / 5:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 624.463 km (388 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/06/24 / 2024-06-25 05:56:51 / June 25, 2024 @ 5:56 am.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: south of the Fiji Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	178.4857° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-25.5468° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	624.463 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	south of the Fiji Islands	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-25 05:56:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-25 06:11:36	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	369	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	30	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.871	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	78	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	us6000n828	Id of event.
Event Code	6000n828	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000n828,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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