A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 167 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna (104 miles) on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us7000nvn4. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nvn4. Exact location of event, longitude -177.5841 West, latitude -15.7392 South, depth = 424.698 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 424.698 km (264 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:28:45 / 3:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/12/24 / 2024-12-03 15:28:45 / December 3, 2024 @ 3:28 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 167 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna.
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