A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Monday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:07:43 / 4:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.5114 East, latitude -15.0925 South, depth = 120.59 km. Global time and date of event 14/10/19 / 2019-10-14 05:07:43 / October 14, 2019 @ 5:07 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.59 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70005x61. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005x61. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville. 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 49 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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