A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pf62. Id of event: us7000pf62. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.738 km (27 miles). Exact location, longitude 168.9379° East, latitude -19.5036° South, depth = 43.738 km. 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: 21/02/25 / 2025-02-21 07:20:56 / February 21, 2025 @ 7:20 am. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:20:56 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-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. 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: 36 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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