A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 247 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (153 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -177.3346 West, latitude -16.3837 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 22:59:58 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000cdnc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cdnc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 01/02/18 / 2018-02-01 10:59:58 / February 1, 2018 @ 10:59 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 247 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna.
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