A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/06/16 / 2016-06-21 22:31:09 / June 21, 2016 @ 10:31 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 167.3914 East, latitude -14.6748 South, depth = 174.76 km. The temblor was detected at 09:31:09 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 174.76 km (109 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200066ka. Id of event: us200066ka. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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