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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near the Fiji Islands

Posted by admin on March 19, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -24.5262S, -179.8916WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pzqa. Unique identifier: us6000pzqa. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/03/25 / 2025-03-19 08:13:24 / March 19, 2025 @ 8:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -179.8916° West, latitude -24.5262° South, depth = 558.864 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 558.864 km (347 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:13:24 / 8:13 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.8916° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -24.5262° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 558.864 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 2025-03-19 08:13:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-19 08:32:11 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 400 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.016 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 98 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 us6000pzqa Id of event.
Event Code 6000pzqa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pzqa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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