A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 273 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (170 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 389.6 km (242 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -177.004 West, latitude -16.4966 South, depth = 389.6 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60004ua3. Ids that are associated to the event: us60004ua3. The temblor was detected at 07:28:17 / 7:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/07/19 / 2019-07-23 19:28:17 / July 23, 2019 @ 7:28 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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. 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: 273 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna.
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