A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 115.96 km, 167.5049° East, -15.1595° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hvuz. Unique identifier: us1000hvuz. The temblor was picked up at 05:16:30 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115.96 km (72 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/11/18 / 2018-11-17 18:16:30 / November 17, 2018 @ 6:16 pm.
The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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