A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 103 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu (64 miles). Id of earthquake: us10005bpc. Event ids that are associated: us10005bpc. The temblor was reported at 16:48:16 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/16 / 2016-04-17 05:48:16 / April 17, 2016 @ 5:48 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.9 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.629 East, latitude -14.1461 South, depth = 23.9 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-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.
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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. 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: 103 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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