A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 169.4689° East, latitude -19.1234° South, depth = 266.83 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ge58. Unique identifier: us2000ge58. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 03:47:04 / July 26, 2018 @ 3:47 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 266.83 km (166 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 14:47:04 / 2:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 51 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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