A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 203 km S of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (126 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -177.861° West, -16.1146° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 17:12:08 / May 23, 2018 @ 5:12 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000eaq6. Unique identifier: us1000eaq6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:12:08 / 5:12 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 203 km S of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna.
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