Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Port-Olry in Vanuatu

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Tuesday. 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 151.696 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 15:29:22 / May 7, 2024 @ 3:29 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 15:29:22 / 3:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000myj6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000myj6. Exact location, longitude 167.0692° East, latitude -15.0198° South, depth = 151.696 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	167.0692° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-15.0198° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	151.696 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-07 15:29:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-01 18:54:31	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	284	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	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	6.106	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	161	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	us6000myj6	Id of event.
Event Code	6000myj6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000myj6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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