A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 167.73 km (104 miles). Exact location, longitude 167.3026° East, latitude -14.672° South, depth = 167.73 km. The temblor was detected at 03:32:50 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/07/16 / 2016-07-10 16:32:50 / July 10, 2016 @ 4:32 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100062et. Id of event: us100062et.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Sola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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