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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -20.0714S, 168.8287WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 168.8287 East, latitude -20.0714 South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/06/24 / 2024-06-10 21:06:42 / June 10, 2024 @ 9:06 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:06:42 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mt7v. Id of event: us7000mt7v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 75 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.8287° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.0714° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 km SW 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 2024-06-10 21:06:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-20 05:32:17 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.838 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us7000mt7v Id of event.
Event Code 7000mt7v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mt7v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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