A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 10:08:26 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 168.5807° East, -17.8475° South, depth 121.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/07/19 / 2019-07-26 23:08:26 / July 26, 2019 @ 11:08 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 121.48 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us60004zla. Ids that are associated to the event: us60004zla.
Epicenter of the event was 30 km (19 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km ESE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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