A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.54 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200064cf. Id of event: us200064cf. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/06/16 / 2016-06-09 18:36:51 / June 9, 2016 @ 6:36 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 166.9014° East, -14.7719° South, depth 57.54 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:36:51 / 5:36 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 five, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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