A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 242.25 km (151 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/11/18 / 2018-11-22 06:17:06 / November 22, 2018 @ 6:17 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:17:06 / 5:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 169.3857° East, -18.951° South, depth 242.25 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hxhs. Unique identifier: us1000hxhs.
Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 67 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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