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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Port-Vila in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on December 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -17.7977S, 168.1034WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us6000pfhd. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfhd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.176 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 19:19:46 / 7:19 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 19:19:46 / December 24, 2024 @ 7:19 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 168.1034° East, -17.7977° South, depth 53.176 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fifty 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.1034° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.7977° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53.176 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-24 19:19:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-24 19:57:09 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 369 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.529 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us6000pfhd Id of event.
Event Code 6000pfhd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pfhd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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