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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 294 km E of Levuka, Fiji


Earthquake location -18.553S, -177.9475WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 294 km E of Levuka, Fiji (183 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 513.712 km (319 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000nmvw. Event ids that are associated: us7000nmvw. The temblor was reported at 12:24:53 / 12:24 pm (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, -177.9475° West, -18.553° South, depth 513.712 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/10/24 / 2024-10-04 12:24:53 / October 4, 2024 @ 12:24 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 294 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.9475° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.553° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 513.712 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 294 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 2024-10-04 12:24:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-27 09:09:57 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.887 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 us7000nmvw Id of event.
Event Code 7000nmvw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nmvw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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