A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 125 km ESE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (78 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/01/19 / 2019-01-29 23:14:27 / January 29, 2019 @ 11:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -177.1939° West, latitude -14.9168° South, depth = 368.23 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:14:27 / 11:14 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000irtx. Event ids that are associated: us1000irtx. The epicenter was at a depth of 368.23 km (229 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. 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: 125 km ESE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna.
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