A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 116 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu (72 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 168.1585° East, -15.0553° South, depth 10.243 km. The temblor was detected at 08:29:26 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mysj. Unique identifier: us6000mysj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/05/24 / 2024-05-08 08:29:26 / May 8, 2024 @ 8:29 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.243 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 116 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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