A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us1000h5l2. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h5l2. The temblor was picked up at 22:35:41 / 10:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 11:35:41 / October 2, 2018 @ 11:35 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.8412 East, latitude -17.7914 South, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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