A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The temblor was picked up at 15:21:04 / 3:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104.06 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.3509 East, latitude -14.8902 South, depth = 104.06 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/19 / 2019-08-05 04:21:04 / August 5, 2019 @ 4:21 am. Unique identifier: us600050q8. Ids that are associated to the event: us600050q8.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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