A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 180 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (112 miles) on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dni9. Unique identifier: us1000dni9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 414.27 km (257 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -177.3663° West, latitude -15.7372° South, depth = 414.27 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:16:18 / 8:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/04/18 / 2018-04-19 08:16:18 / April 19, 2018 @ 8:16 am.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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 SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna.
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