A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Id of earthquake: us2000fqtn. Event ids that are associated: us2000fqtn. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/06/18 / 2018-06-29 01:36:35 / June 29, 2018 @ 1:36 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:36:35 / 12:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 110.34 km (69 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.5003 East, latitude -14.7291 South, depth = 110.34 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Sola (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-one 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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