Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Luganville in Vanuatu

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/02/25 / 2025-02-03 05:06:58 / February 3, 2025 @ 5:06 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.7453 East, latitude -15.4589 South, depth = 201.774 km. Id of earthquake: us7000pay3. Event ids that are associated: us7000pay3. The epicenter was at a depth of 201.774 km (125 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:06:58 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro, Luganville.

There are an estimated 13,000 light 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 five and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	167.7453° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-15.4589° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	201.774 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	62 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-03 05:06:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-03 05:22:03	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	340	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	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.523	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.98 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	71	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	us7000pay3	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pay3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pay3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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