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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near the Fiji Islands


Earthquake location -22.103S, -179.4234WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 04:27:49 / 4:27 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/10/24 / 2024-10-20 04:27:49 / October 20, 2024 @ 4:27 am. Exact location of earthquake, -179.4234° West, -22.103° South, depth 574.295 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nqmk. Unique identifier: us7000nqmk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 574.295 km (357 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: south of the Fiji Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.4234° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.103° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 574.295 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place south of the Fiji Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-20 04:27:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-08 23:06:39 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 246 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.034 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 us7000nqmk Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqmk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nqmk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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