A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/08/24 / 2024-08-29 05:52:21 / August 29, 2024 @ 5:52 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nnfb. Unique identifier: us6000nnfb. Exact location of event, longitude 167.5825 East, latitude -15.3131 South, depth = 179.964 km. The temblor was detected at 05:52:21 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 179.964 km (112 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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