A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000i069. Id of event: us1000i069. Exact location of earthquake, 167.9559° East, -15.6278° South, depth 201.57 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 201.57 km (125 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:36:49 / 2:36 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 03:36:49 / December 2, 2018 @ 3:36 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 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 fifty-six 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 78 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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