A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 06:46:31 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000efua. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000efua. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/05/18 / 2018-05-31 19:46:31 / May 31, 2018 @ 7:46 pm. Exact location, longitude 169.5615° East, latitude -18.9626° South, depth = 271.18 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 271.18 km (169 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 72 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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