A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:03:26 / 8:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 167.442° East, -17.4579° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000356s. Id of event: us7000356s. Global time and date of event 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 21:03:26 / April 12, 2019 @ 9:03 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly 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).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 98 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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