A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Exact location, longitude 168.9875° East, latitude -19.213° South, depth = 100.7 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: 18/11/15 / 2015-11-18 21:49:57 / November 18, 2015 @ 9:49 pm. The temblor was detected at 08:49:57 / 8:49 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003zum. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003zum. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100.7 km (63 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 47 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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