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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Sola in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -12.5395S, 166.7684WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 170 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu (106 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/24 / 2024-07-21 06:47:29 / July 21, 2024 @ 6:47 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 202.988 km (126 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 166.7684° East, -12.5395° South, depth 202.988 km. Unique identifier: us7000n0m2. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n0m2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:47:29 / 6:47 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 170 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.7684° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.5395° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 202.988 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 170 km NNW 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 2024-07-21 06:47:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-21 07:11:22 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 8.313 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us7000n0m2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n0m2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n0m2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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