A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 169.2664° East, latitude -18.7662° South, depth = 211.88 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000d25y. Unique identifier: us1000d25y. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 211.88 km (132 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:16:18 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/02/18 / 2018-02-28 12:16:18 / February 28, 2018 @ 12:16 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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