A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 168.5203 East, latitude -17.0992 South, depth = 218.79 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 218.79 km (136 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us70008gw4. Event ids that are associated: us70008gw4. The temblor was reported at 16:07:30 / 4:07 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/03/20 / 2020-03-13 05:07:30 / March 13, 2020 @ 5:07 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 73 km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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