A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 50 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu (31 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/04/16 / 2016-04-19 22:14:48 / April 19, 2016 @ 10:14 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 166.8501° East, -14.6338° South. Event id: us10005dqr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005dqr. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:14:48 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 50 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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