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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Isangel in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on October 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -18.9244S, 168.9301WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 169.505 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 168.9301 East, latitude -18.9244 South, depth = 169.505 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzeg. Unique identifier: us6000nzeg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 19:01:01 / October 17, 2024 @ 7:01 pm. The temblor was detected at 19:01:01 / 7:01 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 77 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.9301° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.9244° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 169.505 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 km NNW 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 2024-10-17 19:01:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-17 21:46:09 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 354 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 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.923 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us6000nzeg Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzeg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzeg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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