A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 122 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu (76 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mq2n. Id of event: us7000mq2n. Exact location of event, longitude 168.2077 East, latitude -18.8391 South, depth = 46.628 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 16:48:20 / May 27, 2024 @ 4:48 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.628 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:48:20 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 122 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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