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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Sola in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -13.6294S, 167.2098WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 199.86 km (124 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:30:38 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002wtk. Id of event: us10002wtk. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.2098 East, latitude -13.6294 South, depth = 199.86 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/15 / 2015-07-31 07:30:38 / July 31, 2015 @ 7:30 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.2098° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -13.6294° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 199.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km NW of Sola, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-31 07:30:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-31 08:21:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level 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 326 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 1.807 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10002wtk Id of event.
Event Code 10002wtk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002wtk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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