Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Sola in Vanuatu

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 198 km NE of Sola, Vanuatu (123 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 625.5 km (389 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 625.5 km, 169.0584° East, -12.8666° South. The temblor was reported at 06:48:10 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/01/16 / 2016-01-05 19:48:10 / January 5, 2016 @ 7:48 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10004bl8. Event ids that are associated: us10004bl8.

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 198 km NE of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	169.0584° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-12.8666° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	625.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	198km NE 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	2016-01-05 19:48:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-01-05 21:24:04	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	3.133	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.71 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	58	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	us10004bl8	Id of event.
Event Code	10004bl8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004bl8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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