A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Sigave in Wallis and Futuna. The temblor was picked up at 11:01:16 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter). 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 360.3 km (224 miles). Exact location of event, depth 360.3 km, -178.456° West, -14.9007° South. Id of earthquake: us2000jfse. Event ids that are associated: us2000jfse. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/02/19 / 2019-02-09 23:01:16 / February 9, 2019 @ 11:01 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Sigavé (c. 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Alo (c. 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Wallis and Futuna (c. 16 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alo, Sigavé.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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