A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The temblor was picked up at 15:52:08 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20002qpw. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002qpw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 167.9956 East, latitude -17.6462 South, depth = 29.52 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/06/15 / 2015-06-07 04:52:08 / June 7, 2015 @ 4:52 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.52 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila. 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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