A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007dr6. Unique identifier: us10007dr6. Exact location of event, longitude 169.7844 East, latitude -18.9279 South, depth = 254.15 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 11:43:45 / November 21, 2016 @ 11:43 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 254.15 km (158 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:43:45 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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