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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Levuka in Fiji


Earthquake location -18.8475S, -178.0902WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 287 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji (178 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/09/24 / 2024-09-26 21:33:18 / September 26, 2024 @ 9:33 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 463.628 km (288 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 463.628 km, -178.0902° West, -18.8475° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngpg. Id of event: us7000ngpg. The temblor was reported at 21:33:18 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 287 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.0902° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.8475° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 463.628 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 287 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 2024-09-26 21:33:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-30 04:08:36 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.825 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 us7000ngpg Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngpg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngpg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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