A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The epicenter was at a depth of 19.26 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/04/16 / 2016-04-30 11:35:55 / April 30, 2016 @ 11:35 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10005gag. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005gag. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:35:55 / 10:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 19.26 km, 167.6854° East, -17.4698° South.
Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 73 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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