A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/05/18 / 2018-05-17 23:59:51 / May 17, 2018 @ 11:59 pm. The temblor was reported at 10:59:51 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 228.4 km (142 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 168.8492 East, latitude -19.2347 South, depth = 228.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000e9sw. Event ids that are associated: us1000e9sw.
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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