Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Sola in Vanuatu

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 209.096 km (130 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nw6c. Event ids that are associated: us6000nw6c. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 21:41:46 / October 2, 2024 @ 9:41 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 167.2944° East, latitude -14.3041° South, depth = 209.096 km. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:41:46 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	167.2944° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-14.3041° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	209.096 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	54 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-02 21:41:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-02 21:56:44	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	416	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	63	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	6.843	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.66 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	64	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	us6000nw6c	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nw6c	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nw6c,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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