A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 275 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (171 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.4317 West, latitude -16.6855 South, depth = 10 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:05:50 / 11:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 01/02/18 / 2018-02-01 11:05:50 / February 1, 2018 @ 11:05 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000cdn0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cdn0.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 275 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna.
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