A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, Vanuatu kilometers (0 miles) from Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 10:18:15 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.26 km (37 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000f1k8. Id of event: us1000f1k8. Exact location of event, longitude 168.1429 East, latitude -17.8378 South, depth = 59.26 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 25/06/18 / 2018-06-25 10:18:15 / June 25, 2018 @ 10:18 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (14 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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