A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 130 km ESE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu (81 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us60009bl5. Unique identifier: us60009bl5. The temblor was reported at 05:01:52 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 18:01:52 / April 20, 2020 @ 6:01 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 169.3649° East, latitude -18.363° South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 130 km ESE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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