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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Fiji region


Earthquake location -18.8898S, -177.9106WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported Fiji region (0 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 503.106 km (313 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 31/10/24 / 2024-10-31 06:02:23 / October 31, 2024 @ 6:02 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.9106 West, latitude -18.8898 South, depth = 503.106 km. Id of earthquake: us7000np5i. Event ids that are associated: us7000np5i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:02:23 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: Fiji region.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.9106° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.8898° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 503.106 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 2024-10-31 06:02:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-31 06:16:25 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 400 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 75 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.532 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us7000np5i Id of event.
Event Code 7000np5i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000np5i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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