A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Friday. The temblor was detected at 17:28:57 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us200041jz. Event ids that are associated: us200041jz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.53 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/10/15 / 2015-10-30 06:28:57 / October 30, 2015 @ 6:28 am. Exact location of event, longitude 169.6064 East, latitude -19.3629 South, depth = 22.53 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km ENE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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