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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Port-Vila in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -17.4123S, 167.7194WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 167.7194° East, -17.4123° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:07:49 / 11:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000a1p9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a1p9. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/05/20 / 2020-05-29 11:07:49 / May 29, 2020 @ 11:07 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.7194° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.4123° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-29 11:07:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-29 11:24:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.3 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 433 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 4.058 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 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 us6000a1p9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a1p9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a1p9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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