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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Isangel in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on September 12, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.8913S, 170.3055WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 183 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu (114 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 131.299 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nd3q. Unique identifier: us7000nd3q. The temblor was picked up at 05:57:42 / 5:57 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 05:57:42 / August 18, 2024 @ 5:57 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 170.3055 East, latitude -20.8913 South, depth = 131.299 km.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 183 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 170.3055° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.8913° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 131.299 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 183 km SE 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 2024-08-18 05:57:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-12 05:50:23 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 259 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.162 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 158 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 us7000nd3q Id of event.
Event Code 7000nd3q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nd3q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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