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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -21.1331S, 170.412WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 212 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu (132 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 09:39:55 / January 2, 2019 @ 9:39 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 170.412 East, latitude -21.1331 South, depth = 166.01 km. The temblor was detected at 20:39:55 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j5u3. Unique identifier: us2000j5u3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 166.01 km (103 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 212 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 170.412° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.1331° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 166.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 212km SE 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 2019-01-02 09:39:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-31 08:18:20 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 271 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 3.808 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 247 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 us2000j5u3 Id of event.
Event Code 2000j5u3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j5u3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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