A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Luganville 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 121.97 km (76 miles). Event id: us2000e26d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000e26d. The temblor was picked up at 05:18:35 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 167.4586° East, latitude -15.4142° South, depth = 121.97 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/04/18 / 2018-04-12 18:18:35 / April 12, 2018 @ 6:18 pm.
Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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