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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near the Fiji Islands

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Earthquake location -24.0635S, 179.8504WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 179.8504 East, latitude -24.0635 South, depth = 525.292 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 525.292 km (326 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:08:24 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000ph1y. Event ids that are associated: us6000ph1y. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/12/24 / 2024-12-11 11:08:24 / December 11, 2024 @ 11:08 am UTC/GMT.

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 two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: south of the Fiji Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.8504° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -24.0635° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 525.292 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place south of the Fiji Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-11 11:08:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-04 08:17:51 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 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.529 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us6000ph1y Id of event.
Event Code 6000ph1y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ph1y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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