A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.63 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 39.63 km, 169.6233° East, -20.2497° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/19 / 2019-08-26 21:59:47 / August 26, 2019 @ 9:59 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us700058la. Unique identifier: us700058la. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:59:47 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 85 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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