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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Ndoi Island in Fiji


Earthquake location -18.2523S, -178.4945WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 266 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (165 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 04:23:58 / August 20, 2018 @ 4:23 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.4945 West, latitude -18.2523 South, depth = 525.39 km. 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 525.39 km (326 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:23:58 / 4:23 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000gjhj. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000gjhj.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 266 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji. 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 -178.4945° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.2523° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 525.39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 266km N 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 2018-08-20 04:23:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-05 21:41:36 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 3.324 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us1000gjhj Id of event.
Event Code 1000gjhj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000gjhj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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