A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:41:08 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 169.41° East, latitude -19.7572° South, depth = 128.45 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/02/20 / 2020-02-27 01:41:08 / February 27, 2020 @ 1:41 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 128.45 km (80 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us600089jj. Unique identifier: us600089jj.
Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop).
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. 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 fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 27 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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