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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Sola in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -14.4419S, 167.3887WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 15:46:01 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000nuir. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nuir. Exact location of event, depth 183.737 km, 167.3887° East, -14.4419° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 183.737 km (114 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/11/24 / 2024-11-27 15:46:01 / November 27, 2024 @ 3:46 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-two 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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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: 65 km SSW of Sola, 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 167.3887° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.4419° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 183.737 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65 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 2024-11-27 15:46:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-27 16:27:52 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.015 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 126 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 us7000nuir Id of event.
Event Code 7000nuir An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nuir, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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