A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 10:16:45 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 119.11 km, 167.584° East, -15.1854° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 23:16:45 / August 5, 2015 @ 11:16 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 119.11 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000340q. Event ids that are associated: us1000340q.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-two 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km NE of Luganville, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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