A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Id of earthquake: us10004a3l. Event ids that are associated: us10004a3l. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.87 km (66 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:20:30 / 1:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/15 / 2015-12-28 14:20:30 / December 28, 2015 @ 2:20 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 168.5649° East, latitude -17.958° South, depth = 106.87 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila. Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 35 km SE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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