Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Sola in Vanuatu

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 151 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu (94 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.306 km (30 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000mdnr. Event ids that are associated: us7000mdnr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:37:46 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/04/24 / 2024-04-21 14:37:46 / April 21, 2024 @ 2:37 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.3611 East, latitude -13.1588 South, depth = 48.306 km.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 151 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	166.3611° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-13.1588° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	48.306 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	151 km WNW 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	2024-04-21 14:37:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-12 16:24:30	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	326	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	40	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	7.295	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.65 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	129	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	us7000mdnr	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mdnr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mdnr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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