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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -19.1758S, 168.6451WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Friday. Id of earthquake: us2000fr7h. Event ids that are associated: us2000fr7h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/06/18 / 2018-06-29 11:47:16 / June 29, 2018 @ 11:47 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.77 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 168.6451° East, -19.1758° South, depth 34.77 km. The temblor was reported at 22:47:16 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.6451° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.1758° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77km 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 2018-06-29 11:47:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-29 12:21:58 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 284 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 2.069 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000fr7h Id of event.
Event Code 2000fr7h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000fr7h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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