A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20002x1m. Event ids that are associated: us20002x1m. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/07/15 / 2015-07-13 03:30:41 / July 13, 2015 @ 3:30 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 167.8712° East, -17.5681° South, depth 35 km. The temblor was reported at 14:30:41 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 51 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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