A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:55:21 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000j5nm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j5nm. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/18 / 2018-12-31 15:55:21 / December 31, 2018 @ 3:55 pm. Exact location of event, depth 48.2 km, 168.4882° East, -18.4614° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.2 km (30 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 82 km SSE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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