A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Global time and date of event 12/11/17 / 2017-11-12 09:54:50 / November 12, 2017 @ 9:54 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 168.7671 East, latitude -19.0889 South, depth = 80.15 km. The temblor was detected at 20:54:50 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000bm90. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bm90. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.15 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 73 km (46 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel. Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 73 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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