A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/15 / 2015-12-21 04:42:32 / December 21, 2015 @ 4:42 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 168.8384° East, latitude -20.2854° South, depth = 24.63 km. The temblor was reported at 15:42:32 / 3:42 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100048jr. Id of event: us100048jr. The epicenter was at a depth of 24.63 km (15 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel.
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 one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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