A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/12/19 / 2019-12-31 14:57:24 / December 31, 2019 @ 2:57 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 6.79 km, 167.8074° East, -14.9785° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006svy. Unique identifier: us70006svy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.79 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:57:24 / 1:57 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-eight 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 81 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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