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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji


Earthquake location -18.8837S, -178.0036WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji (185 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 457.215 km, -178.0036° West, -18.8837° South. Id of earthquake: us7000ngec. Event ids that are associated: us7000ngec. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/08/24 / 2024-08-31 03:53:08 / August 31, 2024 @ 3:53 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 457.215 km (284 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:53:08 / 3:53 am (local time epicenter).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.0036° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.8837° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 457.215 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 297 km ESE 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 2024-08-31 03:53:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-25 23:23:36 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.479 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 222 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 us7000ngec Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngec An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngec, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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