A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 30/10/18 / 2018-10-30 13:16:54 / October 30, 2018 @ 1:16 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 167.5934 East, latitude -15.4794 South, depth = 142.97 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:16:54 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 142.97 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i7k8. Id of event: us2000i7k8.
Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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