A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Exact location of event, longitude 169.7645 East, latitude -19.1989 South, depth = 25.81 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.81 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000hwv6. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hwv6. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/11/18 / 2018-11-26 22:46:58 / November 26, 2018 @ 10:46 pm. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:46:58 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 65 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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