A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 120 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu (75 miles) on Friday. Unique identifier: us6000n0i9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0i9. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.89 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/05/24 / 2024-05-17 18:36:25 / May 17, 2024 @ 6:36 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.2267 East, latitude -15.174 South, depth = 9.89 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:36:25 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 120 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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