A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 05:52:14 / December 20, 2018 @ 5:52 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.681 East, latitude -16.225 South, depth = 19.3 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.3 km (12 miles). Unique identifier: us2000iv96. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000iv96. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:52:14 / 4:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro. Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 30 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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