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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Isangel in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on May 31, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.0262S, 169.5462WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Friday. Id of earthquake: us7000mp6f. Event ids that are associated: us7000mp6f. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 133.274 km (83 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/05/24 / 2024-05-24 01:01:29 / May 24, 2024 @ 1:01 am. Exact location of event, longitude 169.5462 East, latitude -20.0262 South, depth = 133.274 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:01:29 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three 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 earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.5462° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.0262° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 133.274 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 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 2024-05-24 01:01:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-31 20:46:50 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.234 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us7000mp6f Id of event.
Event Code 7000mp6f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mp6f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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