A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 02:19:25 / 2:19 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200066h1. Unique identifier: us200066h1. Global time and date of event 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 15:19:25 / June 19, 2016 @ 3:19 pm UTC/GMT. 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 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 168.9405° East, -19.9668° South.
Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel. Close 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 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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