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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Lakatoro in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -16.4027S, 167.5301WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Event id: us20005dpw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005dpw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.81 km (20 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.5301 East, latitude -16.4027 South, depth = 31.81 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/03/16 / 2016-03-26 20:37:33 / March 26, 2016 @ 8:37 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:37:33 / 7:37 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).

Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.5301° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.4027° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-03-26 20:37:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-04-16 03:14:49 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 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 271 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 1 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 181 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 us20005dpw Id of event.
Event Code 20005dpw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005dpw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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