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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Port-Olry in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -14.6633S, 167.5562WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.909 km (71 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:39:25 / 2:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 167.5562 East, latitude -14.6633 South, depth = 114.909 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/11/24 / 2024-11-03 14:39:25 / November 3, 2024 @ 2:39 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000p6l8. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000p6l8.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.5562° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.6633° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114.909 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-03 14:39:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-24 19:30:14 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 259 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.85 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us6000p6l8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000p6l8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p6l8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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