A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 11:20:25 / June 19, 2016 @ 11:20 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200066gt. Id of event: us200066gt. The temblor was detected at 22:20:25 / 10:20 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 event, longitude 169.1281 East, latitude -20.3451 South, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel. Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 89 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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