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Moderate earthquake: M5.9 quake has struck near Fiji region


Earthquake location -18.2302S, -177.8377WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes Fiji region (0 miles) on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/11/24 / 2024-11-06 15:55:08 / November 6, 2024 @ 3:55 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 431.842 km (268 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -177.8377° West, latitude -18.2302° South, depth = 431.842 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 15:55:08 / 3:55 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nq9w. Unique identifier: us7000nq9w.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: Fiji region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.8377° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.2302° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 431.842 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 2024-11-06 15:55:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-06 16:12:37 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 2.525 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 536 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 87 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.185 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 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 us7000nq9w Id of event.
Event Code 7000nq9w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nq9w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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