A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 138 km S of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (86 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 425.71 km, -178.3934° West, -15.5296° South. The temblor was detected at 14:59:39 / 2:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 02:59:39 / August 1, 2018 @ 2:59 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g46u. Unique identifier: us1000g46u. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 425.71 km (265 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 138 km S of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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