A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/12/19 / 2019-12-02 12:07:21 / December 2, 2019 @ 12:07 pm. Event id: us60006q8d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006q8d. The temblor was detected at 23:07:21 / 11:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 167.2991° East, -15.2383° South, depth 74.67 km. 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 74.67 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 35 km (21 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 33 km SE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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