A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 14:50:48 / 2:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 121.7 km (76 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004493. Id of event: us10004493. Exact location of event, longitude 167.5054 East, latitude -14.8013 South, depth = 121.7 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/15 / 2015-12-05 03:50:48 / December 5, 2015 @ 3:50 am.
Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville. Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 56 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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