A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/10/18 / 2018-10-09 17:39:05 / October 9, 2018 @ 5:39 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.3909 East, latitude -16.3826 South, depth = 40.31 km. Unique identifier: us1000h9i6. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h9i6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.31 km (25 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:39:05 / 4:39 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 99 km (62 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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: 29 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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