A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/04/16 / 2016-04-19 22:31:41 / April 19, 2016 @ 10:31 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005dqv. Id of event: us10005dqv. The temblor was picked up at 09:31:41 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 166.9279° East, -14.6908° South.
The epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days eighty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 41 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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