A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of event, depth 81.9 km, 167.9592° East, -17.6904° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/09/17 / 2017-09-07 13:05:18 / September 7, 2017 @ 1:05 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000arqh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000arqh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:05:18 / 12:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.9 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila. Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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