A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 109 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu (68 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:10:38 / 9:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20004g6c. Event ids that are associated: us20004g6c. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 22:10:38 / December 7, 2015 @ 10:10 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 233.7 km (145 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.1411 East, latitude -18.5725 South, depth = 233.7 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 109 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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