A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:06:56 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000629i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000629i. Exact location of event, depth 36.27 km, 168.3348° East, -18.2294° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/07/16 / 2016-07-09 22:06:56 / July 9, 2016 @ 10:06 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.27 km (23 miles).
Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 54 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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