A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.71 km (30 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200063ja. Id of event: us200063ja. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:59:47 / 11:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 168.3815 East, latitude -18.3345 South, depth = 48.71 km. Global time and date of event 05/06/16 / 2016-06-05 00:59:47 / June 5, 2016 @ 12:59 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 66 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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