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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 53 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu


Earthquake location -14.6041S, 167.246WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 202.44 km (126 miles). Exact location of event, depth 202.44 km, 167.246° East, -14.6041° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/19 / 2019-05-28 14:34:20 / May 28, 2019 @ 2:34 pm. The temblor was picked up at 01:34:20 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us60003t1i. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003t1i.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola. Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km NNE of Port-Olry, 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 167.246° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.6041° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 202.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-05-28 14:34:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-28 15:04:24 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 7.466 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us60003t1i Id of event.
Event Code 60003t1i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60003t1i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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