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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -18.8202S, 169.1683WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 169.1683° East, -18.8202° South, depth 187.96 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/18 / 2018-08-17 19:29:26 / August 17, 2018 @ 7:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 187.96 km (117 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:29:26 / 6:29 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: us1000gbsr. Event ids that are associated: us1000gbsr.

Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 81 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.1683° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.8202° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 187.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81km 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 2018-08-17 19:29:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-17 19:45:18 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 400 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 2.661 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000gbsr Id of event.
Event Code 1000gbsr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000gbsr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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