A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 52.29 km, 169.8412° East, -19.7003° South. Id of earthquake: us2000i615. Event ids that are associated: us2000i615. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 52.29 km (32 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/10/18 / 2018-10-29 04:16:47 / October 29, 2018 @ 4:16 am. The temblor was detected at 15:16:47 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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