A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70005bgm. Unique identifier: us70005bgm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 169.8363 East, latitude -20.049 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 27/08/19 / 2019-08-27 13:00:41 / August 27, 2019 @ 1:00 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 00:00:41 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Every 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 five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 81 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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