A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 18:42:11 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10005ix2. Event ids that are associated: us10005ix2. The epicenter was at a depth of 31.62 km (20 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/16 / 2016-05-15 07:42:11 / May 15, 2016 @ 7:42 am. Exact location of event, longitude 169.9653 East, latitude -20.0237 South, depth = 31.62 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Nearby 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 90 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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