A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Event id: us60008b70. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60008b70. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 167.7755 East, latitude -18.0572 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:51:34 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/03/20 / 2020-03-03 15:51:34 / March 3, 2020 @ 3:51 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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