A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 261.897 km (163 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzd3. Unique identifier: us6000nzd3. The temblor was reported at 16:23:54 / 4:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 169.3482° East, latitude -19.1065° South, depth = 261.897 km. Global time and date of event 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 16:23:54 / October 17, 2024 @ 4:23 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 48 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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