A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/08/15 / 2015-08-18 15:36:07 / August 18, 2015 @ 3:36 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000336i. Event ids that are associated: us1000336i. Exact location of event, longitude 168.2765 East, latitude -18.1525 South, depth = 22.93 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.93 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:36:07 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 46 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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