Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Sola in Vanuatu

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 183 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu (114 miles) on Friday. The temblor was detected at 15:17:29 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 166.8435° East, -12.3737° South, depth 237.255 km. Event id: us7000py8y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000py8y. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/05/25 / 2025-05-09 15:17:29 / May 9, 2025 @ 3:17 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 237.255 km (147 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 183 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	166.8435° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-12.3737° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	237.255 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	183 km NNW 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	2025-05-09 15:17:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-09 15:33:09	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	46	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.075	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	84	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	us7000py8y	Id of event.
Event Code	7000py8y	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000py8y,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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