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Strong earthquake: M6.1 quake has struck near Luganville in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.1394S, 167.9978WA earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:17:15 / 8:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.45 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 08/05/24 / 2024-05-08 08:17:15 / May 8, 2024 @ 8:17 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 167.9978° East, -15.1394° South, depth 12.45 km. Event id: us6000mx5c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mx5c.

Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 124 km (77 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 99 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.9978° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.1394° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 99 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-08 08:17:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-10 03:06:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.381 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 573 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 76 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.438 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 33 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000mx5c Id of event.
Event Code 6000mx5c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mx5c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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