A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 75 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu (47 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/04/16 / 2016-04-25 04:45:46 / April 25, 2016 @ 4:45 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:45:46 / 3:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 32.89 km (20 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005dv4. Id of event: us10005dv4. Exact location of event, depth 32.89 km, 166.6639° East, -14.4825° South.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 75 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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