A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Sigave in Wallis and Futuna on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -177.6218 West, latitude -14.9896 South, depth = 386.5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 386.5 km (240 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 01/04/17 / 2017-04-01 13:15:11 / April 1, 2017 @ 1:15 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008dt5. Id of event: us10008dt5. The temblor was detected at 01:15:11 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sigavé, Alo. The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Sigavé (c. 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Alo (c. 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Wallis and Futuna (c. 16 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 96 km SE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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