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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -18.9926S, 169.315WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude 169.315 East, latitude -18.9926 South, depth = 201.45 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 201.45 km (125 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/02/17 / 2017-02-11 09:38:44 / February 11, 2017 @ 9:38 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:38:44 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us20008j5u. Unique identifier: us20008j5u.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.315° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.9926° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 201.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km 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 2017-02-11 09:38:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-11 09:57:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 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 312 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 2.753 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 us20008j5u Id of event.
Event Code 20008j5u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008j5u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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