A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 116.412 km, 169.3911° East, -20.0557° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 116.412 km (72 miles). Unique identifier: us6000n0rh. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0rh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:12:39 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/05/24 / 2024-05-19 11:12:39 / May 19, 2024 @ 11:12 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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