A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 12:45:16 / 12:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 166.8174° East, -14.7748° South, depth 44.21 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003m2k. Unique identifier: us20003m2k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.21 km (27 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 01:45:16 / September 20, 2015 @ 1:45 am.
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville. Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 39 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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