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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Sola in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -14.292S, 167.3495WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 153.3 km (95 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000nnpf. Event ids that are associated: us7000nnpf. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:49:40 / 8:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 167.3495° East, -14.292° South, depth 153.3 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 28/10/24 / 2024-10-28 20:49:40 / October 28, 2024 @ 8:49 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 50 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.3495° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.292° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 153.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 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 2024-10-28 20:49:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-28 21:06:12 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 312 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.876 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us7000nnpf Id of event.
Event Code 7000nnpf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnpf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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