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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Ndoi Island in Fiji


Earthquake location -20.6235S, -178.7756WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 8 km WNW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (5 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.7756 West, latitude -20.6235 South, depth = 606.07 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/16 / 2016-07-18 15:07:45 / July 18, 2016 @ 3:07 pm. The temblor was detected at 03:07:45 / 3:07 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20006gqz. Unique identifier: us20006gqz. The epicenter was at a depth of 606.07 km (377 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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 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: 8 km WNW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.7756° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.6235° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 606.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km WNW of Ndoi Island, Fiji Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-18 15:07:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-15 20:22:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.145 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 us20006gqz Id of event.
Event Code 20006gqz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006gqz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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