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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -20.2064S, 168.8111WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 09:36:16 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.8111 East, latitude -20.2064 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/02/21 / 2021-02-17 09:36:16 / February 17, 2021 @ 9:36 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dibs. Id of event: us6000dibs. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 88 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.8111° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.2064° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88 km SW 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 2021-02-17 09:36:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-17 09:54:12 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 416 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 1.463 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us6000dibs Id of event.
Event Code 6000dibs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dibs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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