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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Lambasa in Fiji


Earthquake location -17.4792S, -179.5548WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 163 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji (101 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:45:26 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 653.57 km (406 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hi5y. Id of event: us2000hi5y. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -179.5548° West, -17.4792° South, depth 653.57 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/09/18 / 2018-09-13 18:45:26 / September 13, 2018 @ 6:45 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days ninety-four 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 163 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.5548° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.4792° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 653.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 163km SE of Lambasa, Fiji Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-13 18:45:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-10 15:45:17 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 284 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 2.296 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 270 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 us2000hi5y Id of event.
Event Code 2000hi5y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hi5y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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