A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, Vanuatu kilometers (0 miles) from Vanuatu. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:33:05 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/17 / 2017-05-05 19:33:05 / May 5, 2017 @ 7:33 pm. 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 242.96 km (151 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 169.4749° East, -19.0017° South, depth 242.96 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008pvv. Unique identifier: us10008pvv.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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