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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Levuka in Fiji

Posted by admin on June 27, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -17.937S, -178.4827WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 233 km E of Levuka, Fiji (145 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 598.688 km (372 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/06/24 / 2024-06-27 11:31:52 / June 27, 2024 @ 11:31 am. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:31:52 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter). 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: us6000n8ln. Id of event: us6000n8ln. Exact location of earthquake, -178.4827° West, -17.937° South, depth 598.688 km.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 233 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.4827° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.937° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 598.688 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 233 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 2024-06-27 11:31:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-27 11:46:03 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 400 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.513 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 us6000n8ln Id of event.
Event Code 6000n8ln An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n8ln, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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