A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Id of earthquake: us2000iu66. Event ids that are associated: us2000iu66. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 17:59:18 / December 16, 2018 @ 5:59 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 04:59:18 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 168.182° East, -16.4495° South.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 89 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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