A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, Vanuatu kilometers (0 miles) from Vanuatu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/19 / 2019-08-30 15:10:29 / August 30, 2019 @ 3:10 pm. The temblor was picked up at 15:10:29 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 169.1704° East, latitude -18.7796° South, depth = 246.7 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 246.7 km (153 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005cc1. Id of event: us70005cc1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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