A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:40:18 / 10:40 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000i7ku. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i7ku. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 167.2773° East, latitude -14.9346° South, depth = 158.2 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/10/18 / 2018-10-30 23:40:18 / October 30, 2018 @ 11:40 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 158.2 km (98 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville.
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 four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 27 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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