A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Tuesday. 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 36.46 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ivyd. Unique identifier: us2000ivyd. Exact location of earthquake, 168.2056° East, -16.2919° South, depth 36.46 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/12/18 / 2018-12-17 15:26:34 / December 17, 2018 @ 3:26 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:26:34 / 2:26 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
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 thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 86 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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