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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Fiji region


Earthquake location -17.6888S, -177.9522WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes Fiji region (0 miles) on Sunday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:11:49 / 6:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.9522 West, latitude -17.6888 South, depth = 426.87 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 426.87 km (265 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 18:11:49 / August 19, 2018 @ 6:11 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000girb. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000girb.

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

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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. 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.9522° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.6888° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 426.87 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 2018-08-19 18:11:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-01 15:17:11 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 298 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 21.94 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us1000girb Id of event.
Event Code 1000girb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000girb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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