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Moderate earthquake 5.9 mag, 238 km E of Levuka, Fiji

Posted by admin on November 23, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -17.8999S, -178.4392WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 238 km E of Levuka, Fiji (148 miles). The 5.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:04:30 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 592.038 km (368 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 23/11/24 / 2024-11-23 19:04:30 / November 23, 2024 @ 7:04 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000p7aq. Unique identifier: us6000p7aq. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.4392 West, latitude -17.8999 South, depth = 592.038 km.

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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three 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. 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: 238 km E of Levuka, Fiji.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.4392° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.8999° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 592.038 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 238 km E of Levuka, Fiji 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 19:04:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-23 19:23:26 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 1.908 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 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.527 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us6000p7aq Id of event.
Event Code 6000p7aq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p7aq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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