A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.97 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 167.5461° East, latitude -16.1224° South, depth = 46.97 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 14:19:39 / January 2, 2017 @ 2:19 pm. The temblor was detected at 01:19:39 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007p95. Unique identifier: us10007p95. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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