A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Thursday. Unique identifier: us2000j0av. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j0av. Exact location of earthquake, 168.0446° East, -16.1713° South, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/12/18 / 2018-12-19 17:46:33 / December 19, 2018 @ 5:46 pm. 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 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:46:33 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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: 67 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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