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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -19.0349S, 169.5083WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 03:22:53 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 245.807 km (153 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: 20/06/24 / 2024-06-20 03:22:53 / June 20, 2024 @ 3:22 am. Unique identifier: us7000mtj4. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mtj4. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.5083 East, latitude -19.0349 South, depth = 245.807 km.

The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 60 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.5083° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.0349° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 245.807 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 km NNE 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 2024-06-20 03:22:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-20 03:39:19 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 385 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.049 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 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 us7000mtj4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtj4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtj4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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