A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 01:51:37 / 1:51 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000myyr. Unique identifier: us6000myyr. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/05/24 / 2024-05-09 01:51:37 / May 9, 2024 @ 1:51 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 73.236 km (46 miles). Exact location of event, depth 73.236 km, 168.5519° East, -19.1247° 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). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 89 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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