A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/18 / 2018-07-11 15:34:14 / July 11, 2018 @ 3:34 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000g28j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g28j. Exact location, longitude 169.3014° East, latitude -19.6645° South, depth = 104.41 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104.41 km (65 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:34:14 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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