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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Port-Vila in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on February 10, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -17.4277S, 167.8064WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.374 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: 10/02/25 / 2025-02-10 10:18:48 / February 10, 2025 @ 10:18 am. Exact location of event, longitude 167.8064 East, latitude -17.4277 South, depth = 20.374 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:18:48 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pcmb. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pcmb.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila. Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 63 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.8064° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.4277° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.374 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km WNW 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 2025-02-10 10:18:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-10 10:43:33 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 385 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.053 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 177 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 us7000pcmb Id of event.
Event Code 7000pcmb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pcmb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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