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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Port-Vila in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on August 28, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -17.1818S, 168.4674WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Event id: us20006ut6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006ut6. The temblor was detected at 00:32:39 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 229.88 km, 168.4674° East, -17.1818° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 229.88 km (143 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/08/16 / 2016-08-28 13:32:39 / August 28, 2016 @ 1:32 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).

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

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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: 63 km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.4674° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.1818° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 229.88 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km NNE 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 2016-08-28 13:32:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-28 14:17:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 284 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 3.76 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187 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 us20006ut6 Id of event.
Event Code 20006ut6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006ut6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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