A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/03/20 / 2020-03-13 03:14:07 / March 13, 2020 @ 3:14 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:14:07 / 2:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70008gw1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008gw1. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.7152 East, latitude -17.9036 South, depth = 10 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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