A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 169.4307° East, latitude -19.4675° South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/18 / 2018-12-29 11:22:09 / December 29, 2018 @ 11:22 am. Id of earthquake: us2000j52d. Event ids that are associated: us2000j52d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:22:09 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 19 km ENE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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