A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Saturday. Unique identifier: us70003mlh. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003mlh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:27:37 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.21 km (73 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 167.723° East, -15.3407° South, depth 117.21 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/05/19 / 2019-05-10 18:27:37 / May 10, 2019 @ 6:27 pm.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro, Luganville.
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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 63 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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