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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag was detected near Levuka in Fiji


Earthquake location -17.5848S, -178.4072WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 247 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji (153 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/24 / 2024-07-29 12:11:13 / July 29, 2024 @ 12:11 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 593.937 km (369 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:11:13 / 12:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -178.4072° West, -17.5848° South, depth 593.937 km. Id of earthquake: us6000ngn7. Event ids that are associated: us6000ngn7.

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

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 247 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.4072° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.5848° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 593.937 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 247 km ENE 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 2024-07-29 12:11:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-29 12:32:39 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 1.167 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 518 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 113 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.379 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 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 us6000ngn7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ngn7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ngn7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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