A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 168.7258° East, -17.7945° South, depth 135.74 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:25:22 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135.74 km (84 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000czn6. Unique identifier: us2000czn6. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/01/18 / 2018-01-30 08:25:22 / January 30, 2018 @ 8:25 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila. Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 43 km E of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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