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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Luganville in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on September 25, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.2828S, 168.076WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 101 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu (63 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngeh. Unique identifier: us7000ngeh. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/09/24 / 2024-09-25 20:42:17 / September 25, 2024 @ 8:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 20:42:17 / 8:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.076 East, latitude -15.2828 South, depth = 10 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty 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. 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: 101 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.076° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.2828° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 101 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 2024-09-25 20:42:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-25 21:20:46 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 326 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.36 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us7000ngeh Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngeh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngeh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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