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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Sola in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on October 29, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -13.1245S, 166.8118WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 115 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu (71 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/10/17 / 2017-10-29 11:16:30 / October 29, 2017 @ 11:16 am. Exact location of event, longitude 166.8118 East, latitude -13.1245 South, depth = 141.11 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:16:30 / 10:16 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 141.11 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000aya6. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000aya6.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 115 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.8118° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -13.1245° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 141.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 115km NW 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 2017-10-29 11:16:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-29 11:34:52 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 7.621 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us1000aya6 Id of event.
Event Code 1000aya6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000aya6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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