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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Sola in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -14.0806S, 167.0134WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mtwp. Id of event: us6000mtwp. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.0134 East, latitude -14.0806 South, depth = 130.976 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/04/24 / 2024-04-26 04:20:30 / April 26, 2024 @ 4:20 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 130.976 km (81 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:20:30 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, 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.

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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. 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: 62 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.0134° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.0806° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 130.976 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km WSW 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 2024-04-26 04:20:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-30 22:31:26 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 298 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.941 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 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 us6000mtwp Id of event.
Event Code 6000mtwp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mtwp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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