A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/04/18 / 2018-04-28 13:24:33 / April 28, 2018 @ 1:24 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 167.4311 East, latitude -14.8402 South, depth = 123.57 km. Id of earthquake: us1000dxtb. Event ids that are associated: us1000dxtb. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 123.57 km (77 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:24:33 / 12:24 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 47 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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