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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 83 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji


Earthquake location -21.2921S, -179.1186WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 83 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (52 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 617.53 km (384 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/06/17 / 2017-06-10 23:31:37 / June 10, 2017 @ 11:31 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.1186 West, latitude -21.2921 South, depth = 617.53 km. The temblor was detected at 11:31:37 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20009mye. Unique identifier: us20009mye.

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

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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 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: 83 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.1186° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.2921° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 617.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83km SSW 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 2017-06-10 23:31:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-28 23:02:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 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 259 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 4.423 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 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 us20009mye Id of event.
Event Code 20009mye An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009mye, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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