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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Norsup in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -15.5167S, 168.0051WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/24 / 2024-07-22 06:08:20 / July 22, 2024 @ 6:08 am. Event id: us7000n0sn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0sn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 168.0051° East, -15.5167° South, depth 10 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:08:20 / 6:08 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 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: 89 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.0051° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.5167° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-22 06:08:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-22 06:27:19 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.13 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us7000n0sn Id of event.
Event Code 7000n0sn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n0sn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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