A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/11/18 / 2018-11-22 11:01:38 / November 22, 2018 @ 11:01 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.94 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 22:01:38 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000hvdm. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hvdm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.251 East, latitude -17.1316 South, depth = 48.94 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 67 km N of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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