A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 21:37:55 / 9:37 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70005cqu. Event ids that are associated: us70005cqu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/09/19 / 2019-09-06 10:37:55 / September 6, 2019 @ 10:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.5929 East, latitude -18.0516 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 84 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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