A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:30:05 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.1383 East, latitude -18.8369 South, depth = 10.471 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/04/24 / 2024-04-27 19:30:05 / April 27, 2024 @ 7:30 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.471 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000mw4z. Event ids that are associated: us6000mw4z.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel. Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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