A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 83 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu (52 miles) on Friday. Unique identifier: us20005kyp. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005kyp. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/04/16 / 2016-04-15 01:02:57 / April 15, 2016 @ 1:02 am. The temblor was picked up at 12:02:57 / 12:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 166.7596 East, latitude -14.355 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two 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.
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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: 83 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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