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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Isangel in Vanuatu

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Earthquake location -20.8765S, 169.8966WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 161 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu (100 miles) on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us6000mtrk. Event ids that are associated: us6000mtrk. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 02:44:23 / April 18, 2024 @ 2:44 am. The temblor was reported at 02:44:23 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 139.082 km (86 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.8966 East, latitude -20.8765 South, depth = 139.082 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 161 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.8966° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.8765° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 139.082 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 161 km SSE 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 2024-04-18 02:44:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-05 05:22:59 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 271 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.859 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 205 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 us6000mtrk Id of event.
Event Code 6000mtrk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mtrk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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