A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/03/16 / 2016-03-23 00:17:03 / March 23, 2016 @ 12:17 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:17:03 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 125.51 km, 167.2926° East, -14.9215° South. Id of earthquake: us20005bxr. Event ids that are associated: us20005bxr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 125.51 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 29 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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