A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:23:27 / 6:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000cduz. Event ids that are associated: us1000cduz. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/02/18 / 2018-02-01 19:23:27 / February 1, 2018 @ 7:23 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 152.63 km (95 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 167.9779° East, -15.8045° South, depth 152.63 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 69 km ENE of Norsup, Vanuatu.
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