A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Saturday. Event id: us7000351l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000351l. The temblor was reported at 05:01:41 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 167.5347° East, latitude -15.1242° South, depth = 118.31 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118.31 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/04/19 / 2019-04-05 18:01:41 / April 5, 2019 @ 6:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 52 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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