A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 22:04:42 / 10:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 153.95 km (96 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/05/16 / 2016-05-29 11:04:42 / May 29, 2016 @ 11:04 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 167.4885 East, latitude -14.853 South, depth = 153.95 km. Event id: us2000601r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000601r.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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