A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 167.4279° East, -15.2476° South, depth 133.76 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dapj. Unique identifier: us1000dapj. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 133.76 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 29/03/18 / 2018-03-29 11:13:08 / March 29, 2018 @ 11:13 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:13:08 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km NE of Luganville, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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