Overall Green Earthquake alert in Fiji on 04 Jun 2024 10:00 UTC

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M 5.6 in Fiji on 04 Jun 2024 10:00 UTC

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Moderate mag. 4.9 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 23 km southeast of Vanuabalavu Island, Eastern, Fiji, on Thursday, Jun 6, 2024, at 08:35 am (Fiji time)

2024-06-05T23:06+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 124 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 7 or higher: 0.04 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 25 years) Mag. 6 or higher: 0.76 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.

Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Fiji region on Wednesday, Jun 5, 2024, at 12:19 pm (GMT +13)

2024-06-05T01:45+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 49 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 7 or higher: 0.06 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 15.6 years) Mag. 6 or higher: 0.48 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.

Strong mag. 5.6 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 45 km northeast of Lakeba Island, Eastern, Fiji, on Tuesday, Jun 4, 2024, at 10:00 pm (Fiji time)

2024-06-04T14:57+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Impact of this earthquake: Level GREEN Based on seismic and statistical models, USGS estimates that the risk of fatalities and damage from this earthquake is low . The main factors that contribute to this evaluation are: The maximum expected ground shaking from this quake was unlikely to reach....

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