A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 108 km SSW of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (67 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 19:53:18 / January 24, 2018 @ 7:53 pm. The temblor was detected at 07:53:18 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000ceix. Event ids that are associated: us1000ceix. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 370.16 km (230 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.5486 West, latitude -15.2124 South, depth = 370.16 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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