A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 12:56:09 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000fy4w. Event ids that are associated: us2000fy4w. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 116.74 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 167.6794° East, -15.6745° South, depth 116.74 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 01:56:09 / June 30, 2018 @ 1:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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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: 53 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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