Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Levuka in Fiji

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 267 km E of Levuka, Fiji (166 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 562.438 km (349 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 08:32:45 / October 29, 2024 @ 8:32 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 562.438 km, -178.157° West, -18.1107° South. The temblor was detected at 08:32:45 / 8:32 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nnsg. Id of event: us7000nnsg.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 267 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-178.157° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-18.1107° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	562.438 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	267 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	2024-10-29 08:32:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-29 08:47:50	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	416	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	61	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.867	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.03 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	42	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	us7000nnsg	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nnsg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nnsg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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