A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:16:38 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000406w. Unique identifier: us2000406w. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.5665 East, latitude -15.5608 South, depth = 112.03 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/10/15 / 2015-10-23 21:16:38 / October 23, 2015 @ 9:16 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 112.03 km (70 miles).
The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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