A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us200065cw. Event ids that are associated: us200065cw. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 09:47:03 / June 19, 2016 @ 9:47 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 20:47:03 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 168.7691° East, -20.0337° South.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
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 ten, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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