A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu. Exact location of event, longitude 167.718 East, latitude -15.716 South, depth = 133.34 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/17 / 2017-12-09 01:15:22 / December 9, 2017 @ 1:15 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 133.34 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 12:15:22 / 12:15 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c29n. Unique identifier: us2000c29n.
Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
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 fourty-three 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 NE of Norsup, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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