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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Luganville in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -15.3291S, 167.9586WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nd4v. Id of event: us7000nd4v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/09/24 / 2024-09-11 18:46:57 / September 11, 2024 @ 6:46 pm. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:46:57 / 6:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 167.9586° East, -15.3291° South, depth 13.11 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.11 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 88 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.9586° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.3291° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-11 18:46:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-11 19:05:59 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 400 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.259 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 us7000nd4v Id of event.
Event Code 7000nd4v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nd4v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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