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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Levuka in Fiji

Posted by admin on August 6, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -18.5296S, -178.1243WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 275 km E of Levuka, Fiji (171 miles) on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/24 / 2024-07-10 06:30:33 / July 10, 2024 @ 6:30 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:30:33 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 464.12 km (288 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n0as. Unique identifier: us7000n0as. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -178.1243 West, latitude -18.5296 South, depth = 464.12 km.

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 275 km E of Levuka, Fiji.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.1243° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.5296° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 464.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 275 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 2024-07-10 06:30:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-06 08:03:45 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 271 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.718 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us7000n0as Id of event.
Event Code 7000n0as An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n0as, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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