A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Unique identifier: us20003jmf. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003jmf. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:26:31 / 12:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 169.3672 East, latitude -18.8003 South, depth = 206.97 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/09/15 / 2015-09-02 01:26:31 / September 2, 2015 @ 1:26 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 206.97 km (129 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 83 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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