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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Fiji region

Posted by admin on October 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.9314S, -179.2257WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported Fiji region (0 miles) on Saturday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:19:50 / 11:19 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 647.64 km (402 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -179.2257° West, latitude -20.9314° South, depth = 647.64 km. Global time and date of event 05/10/24 / 2024-10-05 11:19:50 / October 5, 2024 @ 11:19 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nmx2. Unique identifier: us7000nmx2.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-six 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.2257° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.9314° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 647.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Fiji region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-05 11:19:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-30 07:56:05 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 298 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.08 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197 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 us7000nmx2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nmx2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nmx2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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