Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Norsup in Vanuatu

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.919 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000pw2s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pw2s. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/02/25 / 2025-02-20 17:30:39 / February 20, 2025 @ 5:30 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.7046 East, latitude -15.6423 South, depth = 124.919 km. The temblor was reported at 17:30:39 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop).

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 eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	167.7046° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-15.6423° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	124.919 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	57 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-20 17:30:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-28 19:03:50	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	326	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	56	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.521	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.61 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	152	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	us6000pw2s	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pw2s	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pw2s,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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