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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Fiji region


Earthquake location -18.7056S, -177.7227WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, Fiji region (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -177.7227° West, -18.7056° South, depth 607.735 km. The temblor was detected at 13:29:21 / 1:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000mzce. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzce. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 607.735 km (378 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 15/07/24 / 2024-07-15 13:29:21 / July 15, 2024 @ 1:29 pm UTC/GMT.

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 one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: Fiji region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.7227° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.7056° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 607.735 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 2024-07-15 13:29:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-15 14:08:10 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 354 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 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.409 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us7000mzce Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzce An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzce, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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