A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/01/19 / 2019-01-12 00:09:19 / January 12, 2019 @ 12:09 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 245.75 km (153 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 11:09:19 / 11:09 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000j9rg. Event ids that are associated: us2000j9rg. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.5613 East, latitude -19.0067 South, depth = 245.75 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every 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 six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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