A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 247 km S of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (153 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000j8uu. Id of event: us1000j8uu. Exact location, longitude -177.8216° West, latitude -16.5119° South, depth = 204.58 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/02/19 / 2019-02-19 16:31:36 / February 19, 2019 @ 4:31 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:31:36 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 204.58 km (127 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 247 km S of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna.
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