A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.43 km (18 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:02:03 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 10:02:03 / August 24, 2016 @ 10:02 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006gas. Unique identifier: us10006gas. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 169.5848° East, latitude -19.5743° South, depth = 28.43 km.
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-two 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 33 km E of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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