A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 168.4331° East, latitude -17.145° South, depth = 212.34 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:20:32 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/09/18 / 2018-09-22 22:20:32 / September 22, 2018 @ 10:20 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 212.34 km (132 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3qx. Unique identifier: us1000h3qx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 66 km N of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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