A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 169.2462° East, -18.8733° South, depth 251.765 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:19:47 / 1:19 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/05/24 / 2024-05-29 13:19:47 / May 29, 2024 @ 1:19 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mqil. Id of event: us7000mqil. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 251.765 km (156 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop).
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 five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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