A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74.59 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 12:08:48 / June 19, 2016 @ 12:08 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200065dl. Id of event: us200065dl. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:08:48 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.8324 East, latitude -20.3062 South, depth = 74.59 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (59 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 95 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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