A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:05:40 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.95 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 169.0781 East, latitude -19.5723 South, depth = 117.95 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/16 / 2016-06-28 09:05:40 / June 28, 2016 @ 9:05 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200067fz. Id of event: us200067fz.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (12 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 one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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