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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near the Fiji Islands

Posted by admin on October 22, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -23.9328S, -179.5771WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 459.099 km, -179.5771° West, -23.9328° South. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:45:36 / 3:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 459.099 km (285 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nmg9. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nmg9. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/10/24 / 2024-10-22 15:45:36 / October 22, 2024 @ 3:45 pm.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: south of the Fiji Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.5771° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -23.9328° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 459.099 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place south of the Fiji Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-22 15:45:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-22 16:05:51 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 1.141 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 465 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 80 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.492 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 76 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 us7000nmg9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nmg9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nmg9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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