A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.4113 East, latitude -14.8174 South, depth = 124.68 km. Event id: us200040fd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200040fd. Global time and date of event 25/10/15 / 2015-10-25 16:43:13 / October 25, 2015 @ 4:43 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 124.68 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 temblor was reported at 03:43:13 / 3:43 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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