A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:42:40 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 169.5475° East, -19.9695° South, depth 96.79 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/05/19 / 2019-05-08 01:42:40 / May 8, 2019 @ 1:42 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 96.79 km (60 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003i5u. Unique identifier: us70003i5u.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 54 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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