A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The temblor was picked up at 22:14:31 / 10:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/05/17 / 2017-05-07 11:14:31 / May 7, 2017 @ 11:14 am. Exact location, longitude 169.4754° East, latitude -19.0619° South, depth = 262.02 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10008qai. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008qai. The epicenter was at a depth of 262.02 km (163 miles).
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (36 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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