A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 169.1348 East, latitude -19.8808 South, depth = 53.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70006ajt. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006ajt. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53.71 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/11/19 / 2019-11-13 21:50:14 / November 13, 2019 @ 9:50 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:50:14 / 8:50 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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