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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 172 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu


Earthquake location -20.8818S, 170.1155WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 172 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu (107 miles). Exact location, longitude 170.1155° East, latitude -20.8818° South, depth = 80.58 km. Unique identifier: us20005ywc. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005ywc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.58 km (50 miles). Global time and date of event 28/05/16 / 2016-05-28 20:03:38 / May 28, 2016 @ 8:03 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 07:03:38 / 7:03 am (local time epicenter).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 172 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 170.1155° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.8818° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 80.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 172km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-28 20:03:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-25 04:00:19 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 298 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 2.035 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 249 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 us20005ywc Id of event.
Event Code 20005ywc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005ywc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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