A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The epicenter was at a depth of 139.91 km (87 miles). Event id: us200041m7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200041m7. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:03:32 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/15 / 2015-10-31 11:03:32 / October 31, 2015 @ 11:03 am. Exact location of event, longitude 167.363 East, latitude -14.8222 South, depth = 139.91 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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