A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.6567 East, latitude -19.0387 South, depth = 143.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/06/16 / 2016-06-13 11:31:29 / June 13, 2016 @ 11:31 am. Event id: us200065i5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200065i5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 143.96 km (89 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:31:29 / 10:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Each 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 69 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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