A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 119.05 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:03:20 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/03/18 / 2018-03-01 08:03:20 / March 1, 2018 @ 8:03 am. Exact location of earthquake, 167.4827° East, -14.8908° South, depth 119.05 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000d27a. Unique identifier: us1000d27a.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville. Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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