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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Lakatoro in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on January 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -16.838S, 167.5248WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 167.5248° East, -16.838° South, depth 35 km. Global time and date of event 13/12/24 / 2024-12-13 01:46:59 / December 13, 2024 @ 1:46 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us6000ph58. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ph58. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:46:59 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourty 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.5248° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.838° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82 km S 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 2024-12-13 01:46:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-08 16:53:40 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 298 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.417 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 190 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 us6000ph58 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ph58 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ph58, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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