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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Sola in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on October 20, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -12.479S, 166.9805WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 166 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu (103 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/10/24 / 2024-10-20 23:22:17 / October 20, 2024 @ 11:22 pm. Unique identifier: us6000nzxu. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzxu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 205.772 km (128 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 166.9805 East, latitude -12.479 South, depth = 205.772 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:22:17 / 11:22 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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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: 166 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.9805° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.479° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 205.772 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 166 km NNW 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 2024-10-20 23:22:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-20 23:38:25 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 385 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 8.431 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us6000nzxu Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzxu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzxu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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