A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.502 km (79 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/24 / 2024-07-24 18:58:30 / July 24, 2024 @ 6:58 pm. Unique identifier: us6000nip6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nip6. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.8839 East, latitude -19.273 South, depth = 127.502 km. The temblor was detected at 18:58:30 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (31 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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