A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.6 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005cv4. Id of event: us10005cv4. The temblor was detected at 03:32:35 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/05/16 / 2016-05-01 16:32:35 / May 1, 2016 @ 4:32 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 167.6058° East, -16.1533° South, depth 10.6 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro. Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days thirty-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 quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 20 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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