A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu on Saturday. Exact location, longitude 167.274° East, latitude -16.1651° South, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 10:01:42 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/04/16 / 2016-04-29 23:01:42 / April 29, 2016 @ 11:01 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10005ec4. Event ids that are associated: us10005ec4.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty-five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 15 km SW of Norsup, Vanuatu.
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