A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 62.06 km (39 miles). Global time and date of event 30/06/19 / 2019-06-30 16:39:59 / June 30, 2019 @ 4:39 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70004gub. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004gub. Exact location of event, depth 62.06 km, 167.5797° East, -15.5808° South. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:39:59 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 44 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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