A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 107.18 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:55:38 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.2521 East, latitude -14.8539 South, depth = 107.18 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/04/20 / 2020-04-23 21:55:38 / April 23, 2020 @ 9:55 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us60009b0l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009b0l.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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