A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/06/19 / 2019-06-03 21:01:35 / June 3, 2019 @ 9:01 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 236.29 km (147 miles). Exact location of event, depth 236.29 km, 169.6857° East, -19.8206° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:01:35 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70003y2l. Event ids that are associated: us70003y2l.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 53 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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