A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 21:42:33 / June 18, 2024 @ 9:42 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 168.8647° East, -18.8857° South, depth 99.248 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mtap. Event ids that are associated: us7000mtap. The epicenter was at a depth of 99.248 km (62 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:42:33 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 84 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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