A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 257.05 km (160 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:27:01 / 11:27 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000614u. Unique identifier: us1000614u. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.4241 East, latitude -18.8947 South, depth = 257.05 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/16 / 2016-07-06 00:27:01 / July 6, 2016 @ 12:27 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 74 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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