A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 167.8292 East, latitude -16.2589 South, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us2000ivmg. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ivmg. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:58:48 / 8:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 21:58:48 / December 20, 2018 @ 9:58 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (30 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 46 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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