A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 114 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu (71 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:53:13 / 9:53 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/11/16 / 2016-11-18 22:53:13 / November 18, 2016 @ 10:53 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 225.31 km (140 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007dlm. Unique identifier: us10007dlm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 169.731 East, latitude -18.6096 South, depth = 225.31 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-eight 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 114 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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