A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 108 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu (67 miles) on Monday. The temblor was detected at 04:18:18 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 167.4797 East, latitude -17.1719 South, depth = 102.8 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 17:18:18 / December 16, 2018 @ 5:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102.8 km (64 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ivwc. Id of event: us2000ivwc.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 108 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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