A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Exact location, longitude 167.3716° East, latitude -14.7919° South, depth = 118.89 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 118.89 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 02:20:25 / 2:20 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/11/18 / 2018-11-15 15:20:25 / November 15, 2018 @ 3:20 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000hvhh. Event ids that are associated: us1000hvhh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville. Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventy-three 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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