A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 22:56:39 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 34.95 km, 166.8795° East, -14.3015° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20005gff. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005gff. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.95 km (22 miles). Global time and date of event 03/04/16 / 2016-04-03 11:56:39 / April 3, 2016 @ 11:56 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola. Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 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 thirty-eight, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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