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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -19.4083S, 169.1989WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 96.95 km, 169.1989° East, -19.4083° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000afhl. Unique identifier: us7000afhl. The temblor was picked up at 22:10:09 / 10:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/06/20 / 2020-06-30 22:10:09 / June 30, 2020 @ 10:10 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 96.95 km (60 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 17 km (11 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, 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.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.1989° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.4083° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 96.95 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km NNW 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 2020-06-30 22:10:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-30 22:30:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 2.335 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 66 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 us7000afhl Id of event.
Event Code 7000afhl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000afhl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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