A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The epicenter was at a depth of 120.25 km (75 miles). Unique identifier: us10004u2p. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004u2p. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/03/16 / 2016-03-02 15:10:35 / March 2, 2016 @ 3:10 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 167.4538° East, -14.8715° South, depth 120.25 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:10:35 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 47 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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