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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 75 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu


Earthquake location -19.3095S, 168.5933WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Unique identifier: us20009zq3. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009zq3. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:11:19 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.5933 East, latitude -19.3095 South, depth = 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/17 / 2017-07-22 10:11:19 / July 22, 2017 @ 10:11 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).

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 thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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: 75 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.5933° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.3095° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-07-22 10:11:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-07-22 10:51:54 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 340 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 1.936 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 92 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 us20009zq3 Id of event.
Event Code 20009zq3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009zq3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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