A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Id of earthquake: us200041kj. Event ids that are associated: us200041kj. Exact location of earthquake, 167.3827° East, -14.7284° South, depth 124.39 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/15 / 2015-10-30 22:26:56 / October 30, 2015 @ 10:26 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 124.39 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:26:56 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville. Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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