Light mag. 4.9 earthquake - 387 km east of Suva, Rewa, Central Division, Fiji, on Sunday, 26 April 2020 at 07:52 (GMT) -

Light mag. 4.9 earthquake - 387 km east of Suva, Rewa, Central Division, Fiji, on Sunday, 26 April 2020 at 07:52 (GMT)

Séisme faible magnitude 4.9 at 624 km depth

26 Apr 08:06 UTC: Premier à signaler: GeoAu après 13 minutes.
Apr 26 08:37: Magnitude recalculée de 5.0 à 4.9.
Profondeur recalculée de 616.0 à 621.9 km.
Profondeur recalculée de 621.9 à 624.2 km.
Date & time: 26 Apr 2020 07:52:52 UTC -
Magnitude: 4.9
Profondeur: 624.2 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 18.75°S / 177.944°W (South Pacific Ocean, Fidji)
Volcan le plus près: Kabara (114 km / 71 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
387 km E de Suva (pop: 77,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
391 km NO de Nuku'alofa (Tonga) (pop: 22,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
391 km NO de Nuku‘alofa (Tonga) (pop: 22,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
395 km ONO de Pangai (Tonga) (pop: 1,740) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
401 km NO de Kolonga (Tonga) (pop: 1,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
425 km NO de ‘Ohonua (Ohonua, Tonga) (pop: 1,240) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
121 km E de Tavunasici Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
199 km SSE de Vanuabalavu Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
211 km SE de Nggilanggila Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: GeoAu (Geoscience Australia )
Estimated released energy: 1.4 x 1012 joules (392 megawatt hours, equivalent to 338 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 4.9624 kmFiji Islands RegionGeoAu
M 4.6617 km226km NNE of Ndoi Island, FijiUSGS
M 4.9609 kmFiji RegionEMSC
M 5.0611 kmFiji Islands RegionGFZ

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Midge Point / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : Sounded and felt like something hit the house. Neighbors came out to find out what happened. Some thought it was like a shock wave travelling from front eastern side to west of house.
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