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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near the Fiji Islands


Earthquake location -22.1151S, -179.4747WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 612.051 km (380 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:49:32 / 8:49 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/02/25 / 2025-02-16 08:49:32 / February 16, 2025 @ 8:49 am. Unique identifier: us6000pv5v. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pv5v. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.4747 West, latitude -22.1151 South, depth = 612.051 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: south of the Fiji Islands. 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 -179.4747° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.1151° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 612.051 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 2025-02-16 08:49:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-28 14:35:02 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 4.93 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us6000pv5v Id of event.
Event Code 6000pv5v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pv5v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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