Earthquake with magnitude of Mw 6.8 on date 19-08-2018 and time 06:28:59 (Italy) in region Fiji Islands region [Sea: Fiji]

A magnitude Mw 6.8 earthquake occured in region: Fiji Islands region [Sea: Fiji], on

  • 19-08-2018 04:28:59 (UTC)
  • 19-08-2018 06:28:59 (UTC +02:00) Italian time
  • 19-08-2018 16:28:59 (UTC +12:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Pacific/Fiji)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -16.9500, -178.0300 at 423 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

No Italian municipalities within 100 km from the epicenter with at least 50000 inhabitants.

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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev200
Mw 6.8 2018-08-19
04:28:59
-16.95 -178.03 423 2018-08-19
05:02:23
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 59937031
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-08-19 04:28:59 ± 0
Latitude -16.9500
Longitude -178.0300
Depth (km) 423 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-USGS
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 59937031

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 0.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree)
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec)
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitude information

Mw:6.8

Field Value
Value 6.8
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Mw
Reference to an origin 59937031
Agency INGV
Autore U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-08-19 05:02:23
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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