A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 16:49:11 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/04/16 / 2016-04-23 05:49:11 / April 23, 2016 @ 5:49 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10005de2. Event ids that are associated: us10005de2. Exact location of earthquake, 166.8518° East, -14.2876° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 87 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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