A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 03:00:51 / July 29, 2018 @ 3:00 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g1zm. Unique identifier: us1000g1zm. The temblor was detected at 14:00:51 / 2:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 167.4158 East, latitude -15.2193 South, depth = 126.34 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 126.34 km (79 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 43 km NE of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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