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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Port-Olry in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on November 19, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -14.924S, 168.0199WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 105 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu (65 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:56:17 / 2:56 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/11/18 / 2018-11-19 03:56:17 / November 19, 2018 @ 3:56 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 168.0199° East, latitude -14.924° South, depth = 23.96 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.96 km (15 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000htsn. Id of event: us1000htsn.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 105 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.0199° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.924° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 105km E 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 2018-11-19 03:56:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-19 04:22:51 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 400 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 6.63 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 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 us1000htsn Id of event.
Event Code 1000htsn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000htsn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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