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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -19.1424S, 169.7063WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Friday. 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: 02/08/24 / 2024-08-02 05:25:08 / August 2, 2024 @ 5:25 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.602 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 05:25:08 / 5:25 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000n8lc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8lc. Exact location, longitude 169.7063° East, latitude -19.1424° South, depth = 9.602 km.

Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). 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 seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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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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: 62 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.7063° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.1424° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.602 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km NE 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 2024-08-02 05:25:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-28 06:01:36 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 284 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.048 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 126 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 us7000n8lc Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8lc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8lc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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