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Strong earthquake, 6.8 mag has occurred near Port-Olry in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on May 9, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -14.6176S, 167.3707WA earthquake magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 178.98 km (111 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 13:52:11 / May 9, 2017 @ 1:52 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.3707 East, latitude -14.6176 South, depth = 178.98 km. Event id: us10008qsb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt17129002, at00opouj1, us10008qsb. A tsunami warning has been issued near Port-Olry in Vanuatu (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:52:11 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Sola (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 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: 58 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.3707° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.6176° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 178.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58km NE 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 2017-05-09 13:52:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-09 14:14:12 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 4.96 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 1 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 711 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 ,pt,at,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 7.466 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10008qsb Id of event.
Event Code 10008qsb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt17129002,at00opouj1,us10008qsb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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