A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Event id: us1000hevw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hevw. Exact location of event, longitude 168.4353 East, latitude -18.1533 South, depth = 78.35 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:33:40 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 78.35 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/10/18 / 2018-10-20 07:33:40 / October 20, 2018 @ 7:33 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km SSE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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