A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 106 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna (66 miles) on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us6000nmvy. Event ids that are associated: us6000nmvy. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 390.186 km (242 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:22:15 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -177.6866 West, latitude -15.1812 South, depth = 390.186 km. Global time and date of event 06/08/24 / 2024-08-06 16:22:15 / August 6, 2024 @ 4:22 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 106 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna.
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