A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Event id: us70008he6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008he6. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 228.6 km (142 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 13:56:37 / 1:56 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/03/20 / 2020-03-24 02:56:37 / March 24, 2020 @ 2:56 am. Exact location of event, depth 228.6 km, 169.1838° East, -18.7084° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 93 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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