A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 168.6643° East, latitude -20.0767° South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 11/06/24 / 2024-06-11 03:59:48 / June 11, 2024 @ 3:59 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n8ar. Unique identifier: us6000n8ar. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:59:48 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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