A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 259.936 km (162 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/25 / 2025-01-23 06:17:42 / January 23, 2025 @ 6:17 am. Exact location of event, depth 259.936 km, 169.5089° East, -19.0622° South. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:17:42 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000plrx. Id of event: us6000plrx.
Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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