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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Ndoi Island in Fiji


Earthquake location -22.7414S, -179.4089WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 242 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (150 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -179.4089 West, latitude -22.7414 South, depth = 591.39 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:02:55 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 18:02:55 / January 20, 2020 @ 6:02 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 591.39 km (367 miles). Id of earthquake: us60007ldh. Event ids that are associated: us60007ldh.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 sixty-eight 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 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. 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: 242 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.4089° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.7414° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 591.39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 242km 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 2020-01-20 18:02:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-06 18:39:43 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 5.512 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 us60007ldh Id of event.
Event Code 60007ldh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007ldh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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