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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 38 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu


Earthquake location -19.5638S, 168.9132WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 168.9132° East, -19.5638° South, depth 36.09 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:59:06 / 8:59 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 36.09 km (22 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000cf2g. Event ids that are associated: us7000cf2g. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/11/20 / 2020-11-14 20:59:06 / November 14, 2020 @ 8:59 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.9132° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.5638° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km W 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 2020-11-14 20:59:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-14 21:27:57 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 354 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 2.079 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us7000cf2g Id of event.
Event Code 7000cf2g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cf2g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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