A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Monday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:29:41 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/12/18 / 2018-12-23 20:29:41 / December 23, 2018 @ 8:29 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 168.2646 East, latitude -16.0601 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000iwsz. Event ids that are associated: us2000iwsz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 90 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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