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Strong earthquake 6 mag, 90 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu


Earthquake location -15.5442S, 168.0426WA earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu. The 6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:04:30 / 5:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.0426 East, latitude -15.5442 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 22/07/24 / 2024-07-22 05:04:30 / July 22, 2024 @ 5:04 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0s8. Id of event: us7000n0s8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Lakatoro. Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 90 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.0426° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.5442° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 90 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 05:04:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-22 05:32:13 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 554 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 111 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.128 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 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 us7000n0s8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n0s8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n0s8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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