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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag was detected near Luganville in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on September 11, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.2656S, 168.1311WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 107 kilometers (66 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/09/24 / 2024-09-11 18:17:58 / September 11, 2024 @ 6:17 pm. The temblor was reported at 18:17:58 / 6:17 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 12.845 km (8 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nd4s. Id of event: us7000nd4s. Exact location, longitude 168.1311° East, latitude -15.2656° South, depth = 12.845 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 108 km (67 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 107 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.1311° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.2656° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.845 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 107 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 18:17:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-11 18:35:21 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 518 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 141 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.404 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nd4s Id of event.
Event Code 7000nd4s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nd4s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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