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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Fiji region


Earthquake location -19.8053S, -177.845WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes Fiji region (0 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 568.262 km (353 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.845 West, latitude -19.8053 South, depth = 568.262 km. Unique identifier: us6000p7au. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000p7au. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/11/24 / 2024-11-23 19:27:13 / November 23, 2024 @ 7:27 pm. The temblor was detected at 19:27:13 / 7:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Fiji region. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.845° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.8053° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 568.262 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 2024-11-23 19:27:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-23 19:52:36 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 271 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.238 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us6000p7au Id of event.
Event Code 6000p7au An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p7au, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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