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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -19.5534S, 168.8485WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 168.8485° East, -19.5534° South, depth 74.455 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 74.455 km (46 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 10:30:59 / July 19, 2024 @ 10:30 am. Event id: us6000nh57. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nh57. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:30:59 / 10:30 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 45 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.8485° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.5534° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74.455 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-19 10:30:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-15 07:45:16 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 271 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.314 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157 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 us6000nh57 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nh57 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nh57, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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