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Strong earthquake, 6.2 mag was detected near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -18.3992S, 169.3996WA earthquake with magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 128 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu (80 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:10:53 / 1:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/15 / 2015-12-19 02:10:53 / December 19, 2015 @ 2:10 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000489i. Unique identifier: us1000489i. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 169.3996° East, -18.3992° South, depth 10 km.

There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 128 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.3996° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.3992° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 128km N 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 2015-12-19 02:10:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-19 02:36:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 591 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.12 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000489i Id of event.
Event Code 1000489i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000489i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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