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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Sola in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on September 9, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -13.2928S, 167.0448WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 04:51:56 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 180.774 km (112 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 167.0448 East, latitude -13.2928 South, depth = 180.774 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000npvi. Event ids that are associated: us6000npvi. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/08/24 / 2024-08-13 04:51:56 / August 13, 2024 @ 4:51 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.0448° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -13.2928° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 180.774 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-13 04:51:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-09 01:39:59 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 271 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 26.73 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us6000npvi Id of event.
Event Code 6000npvi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000npvi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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