A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Unique identifier: us7000pwcb. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pwcb. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:06:15 / 11:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 168.7394° East, latitude -19.908° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/05/25 / 2025-05-01 11:06:15 / May 1, 2025 @ 11:06 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Close 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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