A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.06 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:49:04 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/12/18 / 2018-12-15 11:49:04 / December 15, 2018 @ 11:49 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ivej. Id of event: us2000ivej. Exact location of event, depth 56.06 km, 168.0334° East, -16.4646° South.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days fifty-seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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