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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Levuka in Fiji


Earthquake location -17.9925S, -178.4588WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 235 km E of Levuka, Fiji (146 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 591.62 km (368 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000c1yu. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c1yu. Global time and date of event 27/09/20 / 2020-09-27 18:21:35 / September 27, 2020 @ 6:21 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:21:35 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.4588 West, latitude -17.9925 South, depth = 591.62 km.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 235 km E of Levuka, Fiji.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.4588° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.9925° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 591.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 235 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 2020-09-27 18:21:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-27 18:38:04 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 298 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 3.331 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us6000c1yu Id of event.
Event Code 6000c1yu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c1yu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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