A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 17:11:31 / 5:11 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/08/15 / 2015-08-30 06:11:31 / August 30, 2015 @ 6:11 am. Unique identifier: us20003isj. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003isj. 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 113.02 km (70 miles). Exact location of event, depth 113.02 km, 167.8127° East, -15.2412° South.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 76 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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