A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Exact location of event, longitude 167.8828 East, latitude -16.0144 South, depth = 190.263 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:30:39 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mqi3. Id of event: us7000mqi3. Global time and date of event 05/06/24 / 2024-06-05 15:30:39 / June 5, 2024 @ 3:30 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 190.263 km (118 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 50 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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