A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 169.0316 East, latitude -19.2278 South, depth = 133.75 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 12:22:56 / August 22, 2018 @ 12:22 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 133.75 km (83 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:22:56 / 11:22 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000gfb1. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000gfb1.
Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 43 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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