A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.95 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:52:04 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/04/17 / 2017-04-22 01:52:04 / April 22, 2017 @ 1:52 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008n65. Unique identifier: us10008n65. Exact location, longitude 169.9045° East, latitude -19.8443° South, depth = 51.95 km.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 74 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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