A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 113 km ESE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu (70 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 169.2512 East, latitude -18.2408 South, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:45:23 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/06/16 / 2016-06-02 21:45:23 / June 2, 2016 @ 9:45 pm. Id of earthquake: us200062sl. Event ids that are associated: us200062sl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 113 km ESE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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