A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112.3 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 167.4041 East, latitude -14.7999 South, depth = 112.3 km. 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: 30/05/18 / 2018-05-30 15:03:32 / May 30, 2018 @ 3:03 pm. Event id: us1000egp2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000egp2. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:03:32 / 2:03 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 47 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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