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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Fiji region


Earthquake location -17.6865S, -177.8383WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Fiji region (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 00:39:23 / August 19, 2018 @ 12:39 am UTC/GMT. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:39:23 / 12:39 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000gitx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gitx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 643.82 km, -177.8383° West, -17.6865° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 643.82 km (400 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: Fiji region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.8383° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.6865° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 643.82 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 00:39:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-07 02:13:17 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 432 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 3.916 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us1000gitx Id of event.
Event Code 1000gitx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000gitx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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