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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Sola in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on June 26, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -13.254S, 167.097WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 167.097° East, latitude -13.254° South, depth = 192.575 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 192.575 km (120 miles). Global time and date of event 26/06/24 / 2024-06-26 12:57:50 / June 26, 2024 @ 12:57 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000n892. Event ids that are associated: us6000n892. The temblor was reported at 12:57:50 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola.

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 84 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.097° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -13.254° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 192.575 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-26 12:57:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-26 13:15:54 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 400 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 69 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.738 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000n892 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n892 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n892, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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