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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Fiji region


Earthquake location -17.0068S, -177.5455WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported Fiji region (0 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 394.379 km (245 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000mx9i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mx9i. The temblor was reported at 16:44:36 / 4:44 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/06/24 / 2024-06-29 16:44:36 / June 29, 2024 @ 4:44 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.5455 West, latitude -17.0068 South, depth = 394.379 km.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.5455° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.0068° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 394.379 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 2024-06-29 16:44:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-24 18:49:15 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 259 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.001 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us7000mx9i Id of event.
Event Code 7000mx9i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mx9i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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