A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/18 / 2018-12-17 14:11:22 / December 17, 2018 @ 2:11 pm. The temblor was detected at 01:11:22 / 1:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 168.1833° East, -16.3949° South. Id of earthquake: us2000ivy7. Event ids that are associated: us2000ivy7.
The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 87 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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