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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -19.5948S, 169.0564WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Event id: us7000nuus. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nuus. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/11/24 / 2024-11-28 23:26:45 / November 28, 2024 @ 11:26 pm. 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 118.657 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:26:45 / 11:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 118.657 km, 169.0564° East, -19.5948° South.

Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Epicenter of the event was 23 km (14 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km WSW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.0564° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.5948° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 118.657 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km WSW 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 2024-11-28 23:26:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-29 00:33:53 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 326 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.358 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us7000nuus Id of event.
Event Code 7000nuus An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nuus, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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