A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:02:02 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jggj. Unique identifier: us1000jggj. Exact location of event, longitude 167.4066 East, latitude -15.0028 South, depth = 127.93 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/03/19 / 2019-03-15 14:02:02 / March 15, 2019 @ 2:02 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.93 km (79 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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