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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 252 km E of Levuka, Fiji


Earthquake location -18.1504S, -178.2953WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 252 km E of Levuka, Fiji (157 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/08/24 / 2024-08-30 01:49:05 / August 30, 2024 @ 1:49 am. The temblor was detected at 01:49:05 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.2953 West, latitude -18.1504 South, depth = 508.01 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngdx. Id of event: us7000ngdx. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 508.01 km (316 miles) below the earth’s surface.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 252 km E of Levuka, Fiji.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.2953° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.1504° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 508.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 252 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 2024-08-30 01:49:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-25 21:28:27 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.5 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us7000ngdx Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngdx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngdx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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