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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Port-Vila in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on September 25, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -17.4734S, 167.8616WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 13:11:41 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000ng5d. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ng5d. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/09/24 / 2024-09-25 13:11:41 / September 25, 2024 @ 1:11 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 167.8616 East, latitude -17.4734 South, depth = 47.047 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.047 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila. Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 56 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.8616° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.4734° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.047 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56 km WNW of Port-Vila, 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 13:11:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-25 14:08:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 340 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.562 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 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 us7000ng5d Id of event.
Event Code 7000ng5d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ng5d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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