A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 00:29:36 / January 30, 2019 @ 12:29 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 169.024° East, latitude -19.2047° South, depth = 133.61 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:29:36 / 11:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 133.61 km (83 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jhdv. Id of event: us2000jhdv.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 45 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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