A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 129 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu (80 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:06:35 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/03/19 / 2019-03-29 02:06:35 / March 29, 2019 @ 2:06 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.2153 East, latitude -18.2409 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000kat5. Event ids that are associated: us2000kat5.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 129 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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