A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. The temblor was picked up at 13:53:11 / 1:53 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nwks. Unique identifier: us6000nwks. Exact location of event, longitude 168.0304 East, latitude -15.4339 South, depth = 140.181 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/10/24 / 2024-10-04 13:53:11 / October 4, 2024 @ 1:53 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 140.181 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville. Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 93 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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