A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Wednesday. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:27:07 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/08/24 / 2024-08-28 05:27:07 / August 28, 2024 @ 5:27 am. 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 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 166.9079° East, -15.1593° South, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000nn64. Event ids that are associated: us6000nn64.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 21 km SW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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