A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 140 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu (87 miles). Exact location, longitude 169.8739° East, latitude -20.6831° South, depth = 121.68 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/08/15 / 2015-08-07 05:13:19 / August 7, 2015 @ 5:13 am. The temblor was detected at 16:13:19 / 4:13 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003008. Unique identifier: us10003008. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 121.68 km (76 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 140 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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