A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.15 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.4863 East, latitude -14.8649 South, depth = 120.15 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/15 / 2015-12-04 15:58:55 / December 4, 2015 @ 3:58 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:58:55 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100043cc. Id of event: us100043cc.
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 51 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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