A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 180 km SSW of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (112 miles) on Sunday. Global time and date of event 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 08:18:24 / January 15, 2018 @ 8:18 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:18:24 / 8:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.0212 West, latitude -15.7049 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us2000cjms. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cjms. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 180 km SSW of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna.
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