A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 07:14:14 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000arsf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000arsf. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/17 / 2017-09-08 20:14:14 / September 8, 2017 @ 8:14 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 151.93 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 169.1397° East, -18.9749° South, depth 151.93 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 65 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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