A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:31:30 / 1:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 29/07/24 / 2024-07-29 13:31:30 / July 29, 2024 @ 1:31 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 169.2221° East, latitude -18.9997° South, depth = 229.284 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nk5d. Id of event: us6000nk5d. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 229.284 km (142 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 60 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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