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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Port-Vila in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on June 27, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -18.0656S, 168.3306WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/06/24 / 2024-06-27 08:25:15 / June 27, 2024 @ 8:25 am UTC/GMT. 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 98.06 km (61 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:25:15 / 8:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 98.06 km, 168.3306° East, -18.0656° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n8k6. Unique identifier: us6000n8k6.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.3306° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.0656° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-27 08:25:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-27 08:48:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 355 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 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.549 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 us6000n8k6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n8k6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n8k6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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