Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Isangel in Vanuatu

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 101 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu (63 miles) on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 19:58:44 / May 25, 2024 @ 7:58 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 168.6587 East, latitude -18.8384 South, depth = 149.878 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:58:44 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 149.878 km (93 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000mp93. Event ids that are associated: us7000mp93.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	168.6587° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-18.8384° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	149.878 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	101 km NW 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	2024-05-25 19:58:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-04 23:18:54	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	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.922	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	140	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	us7000mp93	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mp93	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mp93,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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