A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 219 km SE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (136 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 397.83 km (247 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -176.5345 West, latitude -15.4936 South, depth = 397.83 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/18 / 2018-12-09 11:04:41 / December 9, 2018 @ 11:04 am. The temblor was detected at 23:04:41 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000itji. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000itji. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 219 km SE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna.
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