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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Isangel in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on November 12, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -19.018S, 169.4152WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 14:41:32 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000cdun. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cdun. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 239.68 km (149 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/11/20 / 2020-11-08 14:41:32 / November 8, 2020 @ 2:41 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 239.68 km, 169.4152° East, -19.018° South.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.4152° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.018° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 239.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 km NNE 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 2020-11-08 14:41:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-12 18:09:34 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 284 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 2.773 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us7000cdun Id of event.
Event Code 7000cdun An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cdun, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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