A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 129.6 km (81 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/03/18 / 2018-03-22 00:44:44 / March 22, 2018 @ 12:44 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:44:44 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000d7c6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d7c6. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.6265 East, latitude -15.4788 South, depth = 129.6 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro, Luganville.
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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 49 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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