A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 11:42:45 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/19 / 2019-05-19 00:42:45 / May 19, 2019 @ 12:42 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.7024 East, latitude -17.5351 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us60003t3y. Unique identifier: us60003t3y.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila. Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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