A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 14:42:19 / May 2, 2016 @ 2:42 pm. Event id: us10005d11. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005d11. Exact location, longitude 167.1828° East, latitude -15.8242° South, depth = 34.91 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.91 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:42:19 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville. Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-nine 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km S of Luganville, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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