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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Lakatoro in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -16.4646S, 168.0334WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.06 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:49:04 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/12/18 / 2018-12-15 11:49:04 / December 15, 2018 @ 11:49 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ivej. Id of event: us2000ivej. Exact location of event, depth 56.06 km, 168.0334° East, -16.4646° South.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km ESE of Lakatoro, 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 168.0334° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.4646° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76km ESE 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 2018-12-15 11:49:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-31 07:54:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 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 5.399 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us2000ivej Id of event.
Event Code 2000ivej An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ivej, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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