A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 123 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu (76 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006514. Id of event: us20006514. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:11:51 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/06/16 / 2016-06-17 10:11:51 / June 17, 2016 @ 10:11 am. Exact location of earthquake, 168.8781° East, -20.6054° South, depth 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 123 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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