A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Leava in Wallis and Futuna on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mw3a. Id of event: us6000mw3a. Exact location of earthquake, -178.7421° West, -14.0539° South, depth 5.56 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.56 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:23:51 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/24 / 2024-04-26 20:23:51 / April 26, 2024 @ 8:23 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alo, Sigavé. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Wallis and Futuna (c. 16 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Sigavé (c. 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Alo (c. 200 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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 68 km WNW of Leava, Wallis and Futuna.
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