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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Levuka in Fiji

Posted by admin on January 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -17.8257S, -178.4616WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 236 km E of Levuka, Fiji (147 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/01/25 / 2025-01-12 15:03:56 / January 12, 2025 @ 3:03 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -178.4616 West, latitude -17.8257 South, depth = 607.813 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 607.813 km (378 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pjk4. Id of event: us6000pjk4. The temblor was picked up at 15:03:56 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 236 km E of Levuka, Fiji.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.4616° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.8257° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 607.813 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 236 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 2025-01-12 15:03:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-12 15:19:11 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 1.049 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 449 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.468 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us6000pjk4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pjk4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pjk4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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