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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 92 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu


Earthquake location -13.1577S, 167.1167WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 167.1167° East, -13.1577° South, depth 168.12 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 168.12 km (104 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/10/20 / 2020-10-18 01:07:41 / October 18, 2020 @ 1:07 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:07:41 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000cbg8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000cbg8.

Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 92 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.1167° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -13.1577° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 168.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-18 01:07:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-22 21:58:58 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 271 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 8.323 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 149 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 us6000cbg8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000cbg8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cbg8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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