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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Levuka in Fiji


Earthquake location -17.6715S, -178.7253WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji (132 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:01:39 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.7253 West, latitude -17.6715 South, depth = 533.87 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/01/21 / 2021-01-20 05:01:39 / January 20, 2021 @ 5:01 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 533.87 km (332 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d1jl. Id of event: us7000d1jl.

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

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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: 212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.7253° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.6715° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 533.87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 212 km ENE 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 2021-01-20 05:01:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-20 06:17:49 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 312 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 3.071 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us7000d1jl Id of event.
Event Code 7000d1jl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d1jl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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