A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 138 km SSW of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (86 miles) on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007ubp. Unique identifier: us10007ubp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 413.91 km (257 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/01/17 / 2017-01-20 14:06:26 / January 20, 2017 @ 2:06 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 413.91 km, -178.7383° West, -15.4245° South. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:06:26 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 138 km SSW of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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