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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -20.037S, 169.1388WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 04:41:35 / 4:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/11/20 / 2020-11-26 04:41:35 / November 26, 2020 @ 4:41 am. Exact location of event, longitude 169.1388 East, latitude -20.037 South, depth = 77.57 km. Id of earthquake: us7000cl6q. Event ids that are associated: us7000cl6q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77.57 km (48 miles).

Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 56 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.1388° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.037° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56 km SSW 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 2020-11-26 04:41:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-16 01:02:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 400 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 1.771 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 81 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 us7000cl6q Id of event.
Event Code 7000cl6q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cl6q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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