A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g6uu. Unique identifier: us1000g6uu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/08/18 / 2018-08-11 09:06:41 / August 11, 2018 @ 9:06 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:06:41 / 8:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 167.1009° East, -15.8551° South.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 36 km S of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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