A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu on Saturday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:53:05 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/03/20 / 2020-03-28 06:53:05 / March 28, 2020 @ 6:53 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.2857 East, latitude -15.9134 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us70008km1. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008km1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Lakatoro. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km NNW of Norsup, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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