A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002nge. Id of event: us10002nge. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.72 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.9579 East, latitude -16.0149 South, depth = 34.72 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:43:18 / 11:43 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/15 / 2015-07-04 00:43:18 / July 4, 2015 @ 12:43 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro. Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 45 km W of Norsup, Vanuatu.
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