A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Global time and date of event 13/08/24 / 2024-08-13 04:38:05 / August 13, 2024 @ 4:38 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 122.068 km (76 miles). The temblor was reported at 04:38:05 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000njsn. Event ids that are associated: us6000njsn. Exact location of event, depth 122.068 km, 167.5838° East, -15.4113° South.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 46 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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