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Strong earthquake, 6.2 mag has occurred near Ndoi Island in Fiji


Earthquake location -21.1404S, -178.8621WA earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 56 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (35 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.8621 West, latitude -21.1404 South, depth = 579.11 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 19:56:42 / January 26, 2019 @ 7:56 pm. Event id: us2000j98z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j98z. The temblor was detected at 07:56:42 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 579.11 km (360 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 56 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.8621° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.1404° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 579.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56km 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 2019-01-26 19:56:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-26 20:15:47 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 2.22 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 591 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 4.458 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000j98z Id of event.
Event Code 2000j98z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j98z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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