A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:07:57 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 169.0292 East, latitude -18.9953 South, depth = 148.65 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/04/18 / 2018-04-09 22:07:57 / April 9, 2018 @ 10:07 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000e12l. Unique identifier: us2000e12l. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 148.65 km (92 miles).
The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourty-nine 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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