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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Levuka in Fiji


Earthquake location -18.125S, -177.917WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 292 km E of Levuka, Fiji (181 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 636.08 km (395 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -177.917° West, -18.125° South, depth 636.08 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/08/20 / 2020-08-02 13:22:11 / August 2, 2020 @ 1:22 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:22:11 / 1:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bahf. Id of event: us6000bahf.

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 292 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.917° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.125° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 636.08 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 292 km E of Levuka, Fiji Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-02 13:22:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-09 13:59:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 271 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 3.855 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us6000bahf Id of event.
Event Code 6000bahf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bahf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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