A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/01/16 / 2016-01-03 23:15:43 / January 3, 2016 @ 11:15 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:15:43 / 10:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 190.67 km (118 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10004dzi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004dzi. Exact location of event, longitude 167.9618 East, latitude -15.4316 South, depth = 190.67 km.
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 86 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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