A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 167.7291° East, latitude -15.2649° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:16:21 / 12:16 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/03/20 / 2020-03-08 01:16:21 / March 8, 2020 @ 1:16 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60008eck. Id of event: us60008eck.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville. Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 67 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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