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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag strikes near Sola in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on October 13, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -13.6783S, 167.2156WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 11:13:46 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 198.98 km (124 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000hbff. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hbff. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/10/18 / 2018-10-13 00:13:46 / October 13, 2018 @ 12:13 am. Exact location, longitude 167.2156° East, latitude -13.6783° South, depth = 198.98 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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 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: 42 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.2156° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -13.6783° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 198.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km WNW 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 2018-10-13 00:13:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-13 00:54:09 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 3.48 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 500 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 7.385 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 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 us1000hbff Id of event.
Event Code 1000hbff An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hbff, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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