A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/06/20 / 2020-06-01 18:57:42 / June 1, 2020 @ 6:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.05 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a3v4. Unique identifier: us6000a3v4. The temblor was picked up at 18:57:42 / 6:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.4992 East, latitude -15.1242 South, depth = 117.05 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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. 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: 46 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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