A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 169.9942° East, -19.7105° South. The temblor was reported at 07:12:01 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). 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: 26/08/19 / 2019-08-26 20:12:01 / August 26, 2019 @ 8:12 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us70005aa3. Unique identifier: us70005aa3.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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