A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Event id: us2000je5e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000je5e. The temblor was detected at 07:16:55 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 167.2654° East, -16.8688° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 20:16:55 / January 23, 2019 @ 8:16 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). 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.
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 thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 84 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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