A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.323 East, latitude -19.0927 South, depth = 193.49 km. Id of earthquake: us7000499h. Event ids that are associated: us7000499h. The temblor was picked up at 00:31:26 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). 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 193.49 km (120 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 13:31:26 / July 3, 2019 @ 1:31 pm.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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