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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Sola in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on January 23, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -12.8369S, 168.919WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 187 km NE of Sola, Vanuatu (116 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 168.919 East, latitude -12.8369 South, depth = 621.413 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/25 / 2025-01-23 11:14:03 / January 23, 2025 @ 11:14 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000plst. Unique identifier: us6000plst. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 621.413 km (386 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:14:03 / 11:14 am (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 187 km NE of Sola, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.919° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.8369° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 621.413 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 187 km NE 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 2025-01-23 11:14:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-23 11:30:26 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 482 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 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.082 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000plst Id of event.
Event Code 6000plst An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000plst, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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