A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 228.26 km (142 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us600051uq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600051uq. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/07/19 / 2019-07-30 14:30:11 / July 30, 2019 @ 2:30 pm. Exact location of event, depth 228.26 km, 169.0354° East, -18.1353° South. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:30:11 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearby 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.
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 four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km ESE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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