A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Exact location of event, longitude 169.6411 East, latitude -19.2314 South, depth = 246.15 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/12/17 / 2017-12-18 20:12:03 / December 18, 2017 @ 8:12 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000bz1g. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bz1g. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:12:03 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 246.15 km (153 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 52 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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