Moderate earthquake: M5.8 quake strikes near Port-Vila in Vanuatu

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (mg/mb) was reported Wednesday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 00:54:56 / 12:54 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 50.72 km (32 miles). Global time of event 19/05/15 / 2015-05-19 13:54:56 / May 19, 2015 @ 1:54 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 168.5051 East, latitude -18.6084 South, depth 50.72 km, unique identifier, us10002aip. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us10002aip,.

Close countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	168.5051° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-18.6084° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	50.72 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	98km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-05-19 13:54:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-05-19 14:24:43	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	660	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4	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	518	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.464	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.95 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	25	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10002aip	Id of event.
Event Code	10002aip	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10002aip,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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