A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 126 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu (78 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.0914 East, latitude -19.2899 South, depth = 35.78 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10008n6n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008n6n. The temblor was reported at 23:29:40 / 11:29 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/04/17 / 2017-04-22 12:29:40 / April 22, 2017 @ 12:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.78 km (22 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 126 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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