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Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Levuka in Fiji

Posted by admin on August 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -17.8642S, -178.5457WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 227 km E of Levuka, Fiji (141 miles). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:32:48 / 1:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -178.5457 West, latitude -17.8642 South, depth = 589.068 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qqxt. Id of event: us7000qqxt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 589.068 km (366 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/25 / 2025-08-26 01:32:48 / August 26, 2025 @ 1:32 am.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each 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 one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 227 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.5457° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.8642° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 589.068 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 227 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 2025-08-26 01:32:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-26 01:56:28 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 1.564 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 482 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 91 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.423 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qqxt Id of event.
Event Code 7000qqxt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qqxt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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