A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Monday. Exact location, longitude 168.8268° East, latitude -20.0981° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/06/24 / 2024-06-10 21:58:43 / June 10, 2024 @ 9:58 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:58:43 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000mt7q. Event ids that are associated: us7000mt7q.
Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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