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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 44 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu


Earthquake location -15.3476S, 167.5323WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Event id: us60006ru7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006ru7. The temblor was picked up at 03:32:28 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115.32 km (72 miles). 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: 15/12/19 / 2019-12-15 16:32:28 / December 15, 2019 @ 4:32 pm. Exact location, longitude 167.5323° East, latitude -15.3476° South, depth = 115.32 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).

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. 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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 44 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.5323° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.3476° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 115.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-15 16:32:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-15 16:55:24 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 340 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 0.332 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 59 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 us60006ru7 Id of event.
Event Code 60006ru7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006ru7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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