A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. The temblor was picked up at 04:50:57 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/12/17 / 2017-12-09 17:50:57 / December 9, 2017 @ 5:50 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.4984 East, latitude -15.2747 South, depth = 128.38 km. Id of earthquake: us2000c4vz. Event ids that are associated: us2000c4vz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 128.38 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km NE of Luganville, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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