A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 100 km SW of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (62 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -178.7789° West, -14.9811° South, depth 402.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:04:58 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/04/17 / 2017-04-26 12:04:58 / April 26, 2017 @ 12:04 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 402.4 km (250 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10008naw. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008naw.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 100 km SW of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna.
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