A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 10:58:18 / July 8, 2018 @ 10:58 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000fzrn. Event ids that are associated: us2000fzrn. The temblor was picked up at 21:58:18 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 169.3074° East, -20.1287° South, depth 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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