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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -19.1059S, 169.3856WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 213.631 km (133 miles). Event id: us7000n8v3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8v3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/24 / 2024-08-22 20:33:51 / August 22, 2024 @ 8:33 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:33:51 / 8:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 213.631 km, 169.3856° East, -19.1059° South.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 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: 49 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.3856° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.1059° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 213.631 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km NNE 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 2024-08-22 20:33:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-22 20:51:47 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 340 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.932 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us7000n8v3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8v3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8v3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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