A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:18:13 / 4:18 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000gad2. Unique identifier: us1000gad2. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/08/18 / 2018-08-10 05:18:13 / August 10, 2018 @ 5:18 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 198.21 km (123 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 168.6005 East, latitude -17.5386 South, depth = 198.21 km.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km NE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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