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Light earthquake 4 mag, 91 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu


Earthquake location -18.79S, 168.9202WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 91 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu (57 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 105.099 km (65 miles). Event id: us6000pw3x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pw3x. The temblor was detected at 12:12:26 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 168.9202 East, latitude -18.79 South, depth = 105.099 km. Global time and date of event 21/02/25 / 2025-02-21 12:12:26 / February 21, 2025 @ 12:12 pm UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 91 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.9202° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.79° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 105.099 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-21 12:12:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-16 06:59:04 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 246 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 3.708 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us6000pw3x Id of event.
Event Code 6000pw3x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pw3x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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