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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Sola in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -13.2948S, 167.1549WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 167.1549° East, -13.2948° South, depth 182.42 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 182.42 km (113 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:04:50 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000c97j. Event ids that are associated: us7000c97j. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/11/20 / 2020-11-02 09:04:50 / November 2, 2020 @ 9:04 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.1549° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -13.2948° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 182.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 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 2020-11-02 09:04:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-02 09:24:36 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 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 2.14 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us7000c97j Id of event.
Event Code 7000c97j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000c97j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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