A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 14:58:08 / September 27, 2024 @ 2:58 pm. Event id: us7000ngth. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngth. Exact location, longitude 169.3085° East, latitude -19.9897° South, depth = 103.093 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 103.093 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:58:08 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 49 km (31 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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