A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. 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 22:22:43 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10004euk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004euk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/16 / 2016-01-15 11:22:43 / January 15, 2016 @ 11:22 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.5269 East, latitude -17.6892 South, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 84 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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