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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Port-Olry in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -14.6983S, 167.574WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The epicenter was at a depth of 142.53 km (89 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:46:58 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 142.53 km, 167.574° East, -14.6983° South. Id of earthquake: us6000867q. Event ids that are associated: us6000867q. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/02/20 / 2020-02-24 11:46:58 / February 24, 2020 @ 11:46 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.574° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.6983° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 142.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km NE 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 2020-02-24 11:46:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-24 08:45:42 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 312 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 0.826 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 us6000867q Id of event.
Event Code 6000867q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000867q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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