A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Global time and date of event 13/12/17 / 2017-12-13 18:51:15 / December 13, 2017 @ 6:51 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 111.58 km (69 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000btsy. Unique identifier: us1000btsy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 167.5232° East, -15.249° South, depth 111.58 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:51:15 / 5:51 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville. Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 49 km NE of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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