A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Global time and date of event 21/06/15 / 2015-06-21 02:16:22 / June 21, 2015 @ 2:16 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.74 km (78 miles). Exact location of event, depth 124.74 km, 167.4357° East, -14.824° South. The temblor was reported at 13:16:22 / 1:16 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10002nns. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002nns.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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