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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Lakatoro in Vanuatu

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Earthquake location -16.8086S, 167.7136WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 24/07/24 / 2024-07-24 17:34:39 / July 24, 2024 @ 5:34 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nip5. Id of event: us6000nip5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 17:34:39 / 5:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 167.7136° East, -16.8086° South, depth 35 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro. The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 84 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.7136° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.8086° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-24 17:34:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-07 18:59:20 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.94 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 148 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 us6000nip5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nip5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nip5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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