A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 167.6252° East, -15.3683° South, depth 101.84 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 19:39:54 / November 25, 2015 @ 7:39 pm. Event id: us100041b7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100041b7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101.84 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:39:54 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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