A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 137 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu (85 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/04/19 / 2019-04-13 00:06:22 / April 13, 2019 @ 12:06 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 167.0693 East, latitude -17.311 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us700038n9. Unique identifier: us700038n9. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:06:22 / 11:06 am (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 137 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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