A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. 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 273.845 km (170 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 16/07/24 / 2024-07-16 12:29:44 / July 16, 2024 @ 12:29 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000mzj6. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzj6. The temblor was picked up at 12:29:44 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 273.845 km, 169.536° East, -19.1004° South.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel. Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 55 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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