A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The temblor was picked up at 22:53:26 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 169.4269° East, -19.0857° South, depth 262.03 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/03/20 / 2020-03-15 11:53:26 / March 15, 2020 @ 11:53 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us70008c3v. Unique identifier: us70008c3v. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 262.03 km (163 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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