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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 62 km SE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu


Earthquake location -16.5175S, 167.813WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nq0q. Unique identifier: us7000nq0q. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 223.162 km (139 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 earthquake, longitude 167.813 East, latitude -16.5175 South, depth = 223.162 km. Global time and date of event 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 06:28:39 / October 16, 2024 @ 6:28 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 06:28:39 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km SE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.813° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.5175° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 223.162 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km SE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-16 06:28:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-14 21:37:06 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.223 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 us7000nq0q Id of event.
Event Code 7000nq0q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nq0q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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