A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.93 km (19 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.9139 East, latitude -20.2251 South, depth = 30.93 km. Unique identifier: us10005ivf. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005ivf. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/05/16 / 2016-05-13 17:52:12 / May 13, 2016 @ 5:52 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:52:12 / 4:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel. The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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