A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 95 km W of Sola, Vanuatu (59 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/04/16 / 2016-04-05 23:46:07 / April 5, 2016 @ 11:46 pm. Id of earthquake: us20005hh5. Event ids that are associated: us20005hh5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.43 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 166.6765 East, latitude -14.0279 South, depth = 39.43 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:46:07 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-one 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: 95 km W of Sola, Vanuatu.
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