A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 269 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (167 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.42 km (14 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/04/19 / 2019-04-21 05:09:56 / April 21, 2019 @ 5:09 am. Exact location of event, depth 22.42 km, -177.1961° West, -16.5447° South. The temblor was reported at 17:09:56 / 5:09 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us700039wm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700039wm.
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 269 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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