A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.8302 East, latitude -18.8082 South, depth = 127.036 km. Id of earthquake: us6000mz7h. Event ids that are associated: us6000mz7h. Global time and date of event 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 00:09:22 / May 12, 2024 @ 12:09 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 127.036 km (79 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:09:22 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 94 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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