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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Levuka in Fiji


Earthquake location -17.9151S, -178.4491WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 237 km E of Levuka, Fiji (147 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -178.4491° West, -17.9151° South, depth 571.19 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 571.19 km (355 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000dfju. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000dfju. The temblor was detected at 20:55:47 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/02/21 / 2021-02-28 20:55:47 / February 28, 2021 @ 8:55 pm UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 237 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.4491° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.9151° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 571.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 237 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 2021-02-28 20:55:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-08 22:23:51 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 3.336 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 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 us7000dfju Id of event.
Event Code 7000dfju An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000dfju, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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