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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 66 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu


Earthquake location -17.8867S, 167.7162WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 167.7162° East, -17.8867° South, depth 39.13 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/07/19 / 2019-07-11 15:31:32 / July 11, 2019 @ 3:31 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.13 km (24 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:31:32 / 2:31 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70004i7x. Unique identifier: us70004i7x.

Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila. Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.7162° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.8867° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-11 15:31:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-11 16:00:44 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 385 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 4.331 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us70004i7x Id of event.
Event Code 70004i7x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70004i7x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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