A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Id of earthquake: us2000btz0. Event ids that are associated: us2000btz0. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/17 / 2017-11-15 13:28:46 / November 15, 2017 @ 1:28 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 167.8986 East, latitude -18.0327 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:28:46 / 12:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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