A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 168.2075° East, -17.9262° South, depth 96.07 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005zdu. Unique identifier: us20005zdu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/16 / 2016-05-25 13:56:37 / May 25, 2016 @ 1:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 96.07 km (60 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:56:37 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila. Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (15 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
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 five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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