A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hb5q. Id of event: us1000hb5q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/10/18 / 2018-10-08 11:02:21 / October 8, 2018 @ 11:02 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.1 km (8 miles). Exact location, longitude 167.6083° East, latitude -16.2848° South, depth = 12.1 km. The temblor was reported at 22:02:21 / 10:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 27 km SE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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