A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 232.15 km (144 miles). Unique identifier: us2000j2wi. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j2wi. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:49:14 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/12/18 / 2018-12-23 02:49:14 / December 23, 2018 @ 2:49 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.1802 East, latitude -18.9071 South, depth = 232.15 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 71 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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