A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005e6s. Unique identifier: us10005e6s. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.7436 East, latitude -19.4504 South, depth = 78.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:16:03 / 11:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 78.48 km (49 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/05/16 / 2016-05-06 00:16:03 / May 6, 2016 @ 12:16 am.
Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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