A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/11/15 / 2015-11-03 16:09:26 / November 3, 2015 @ 4:09 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 125.61 km (78 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003v61. Unique identifier: us10003v61. Exact location of earthquake, 167.4948° East, -14.5758° South, depth 125.61 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:09:26 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 71 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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