A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 133.11 km (83 miles). Global time and date of event 14/12/17 / 2017-12-14 16:02:29 / December 14, 2017 @ 4:02 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:02:29 / 3:02 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000buc5. Event ids that are associated: us1000buc5. Exact location of earthquake, 167.4204° East, -15.6069° South, depth 133.11 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 28 km ESE of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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