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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Lakatoro in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on February 4, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -16.0184S, 168.124WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. The epicenter was at a depth of 165.28 km (103 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:31:46 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/02/17 / 2017-02-04 18:31:46 / February 4, 2017 @ 6:31 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 165.28 km, 168.124° East, -16.0184° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008hpa. Id of event: us20008hpa.

The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 76 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.124° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.0184° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 165.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-02-04 18:31:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-04 22:45:34 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 369 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 5.434 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 143 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 us20008hpa Id of event.
Event Code 20008hpa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008hpa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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