Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Sola in Vanuatu

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 177.55 km (110 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 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:33:23 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 167.3768° East, latitude -14.0932° South, depth = 177.55 km. Event id: us10006tvs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006tvs. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/09/16 / 2016-09-20 08:33:23 / September 20, 2016 @ 8:33 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four 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.

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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: 29 km SW of Sola, Vanuatu.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	167.3768° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-14.0932° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	177.55 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	29km SW 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	2016-09-20 08:33:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-10-04 07:16:23	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	6.648	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.11 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	153	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	us10006tvs	Id of event.
Event Code	10006tvs	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10006tvs,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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