A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/04/19 / 2019-04-10 21:18:21 / April 10, 2019 @ 9:18 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:18:21 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 167.4169° East, -14.961° South, depth 145.16 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us700037v4. Unique identifier: us700037v4. The epicenter was at a depth of 145.16 km (90 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-seven 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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