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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Port-Olry in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -14.4734S, 166.94WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 28/06/16 / 2016-06-28 13:29:44 / June 28, 2016 @ 1:29 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us200067hj. Unique identifier: us200067hj. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:29:44 / 12:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.94 East, latitude -14.4734 South, depth = 38.82 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.82 km (24 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 64 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.94° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.4734° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-28 13:29:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-28 14:28:52 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 340 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 6.275 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 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 us200067hj Id of event.
Event Code 200067hj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200067hj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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