A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 12:00:35 / 12:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.2613 East, latitude -16.173 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100062aq. Event ids that are associated: us100062aq. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/16 / 2016-07-10 01:00:35 / July 10, 2016 @ 1:00 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 17 km SW of Norsup, Vanuatu.
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