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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 184 km W of Sola, Vanuatu


Earthquake location -13.7314S, 165.8501WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 184 km W of Sola, Vanuatu (114 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.52 km (19 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 temblor was picked up at 03:01:00 / 3:01 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100072qm. Event ids that are associated: us100072qm. Exact location of event, depth 30.52 km, 165.8501° East, -13.7314° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/10/16 / 2016-10-25 16:01:00 / October 25, 2016 @ 4:01 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 184 km W of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 165.8501° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -13.7314° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 184km W 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 2016-10-25 16:01:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-11-08 20:34:14 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 400 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 6.944 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us100072qm Id of event.
Event Code 100072qm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100072qm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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