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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Sola in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -14.0703S, 167.6196WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Monday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:55:26 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000db1h. Event ids that are associated: us1000db1h. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/03/18 / 2018-03-25 20:55:26 / March 25, 2018 @ 8:55 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 147.05 km (91 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 167.6196 East, latitude -14.0703 South, depth = 147.05 km.

Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 22 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.6196° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.0703° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 147.05 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-03-25 20:55:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-23 15:44:12 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 298 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 6.679 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 281 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 us1000db1h Id of event.
Event Code 1000db1h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000db1h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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