A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/11/19 / 2019-11-04 15:17:54 / November 4, 2019 @ 3:17 pm. 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 122.09 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 02:17:54 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 167.6004° East, latitude -15.1602° South, depth = 122.09 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006ary. Id of event: us60006ary.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (38 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 60 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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