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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Norsup in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -15.6745S, 167.6794WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 12:56:09 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000fy4w. Event ids that are associated: us2000fy4w. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 116.74 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 167.6794° East, -15.6745° South, depth 116.74 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 01:56:09 / June 30, 2018 @ 1:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.6794° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.6745° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 116.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-30 01:56:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-19 04:41:25 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 326 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 5.092 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 us2000fy4w Id of event.
Event Code 2000fy4w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000fy4w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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