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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -18.9434S, 169.4631WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Event id: us7000nme3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nme3. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/10/24 / 2024-10-22 11:19:40 / October 22, 2024 @ 11:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 169.4631° East, latitude -18.9434° South, depth = 241.847 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 241.847 km (150 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:19:40 / 11:19 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.4631° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.9434° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 241.847 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 km NNE 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 2024-10-22 11:19:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-25 11:07:01 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 284 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.109 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us7000nme3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nme3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nme3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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