A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Unique identifier: us20006f7c. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006f7c. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 167.302° East, latitude -16.9087° South, depth = 38.53 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:43:49 / 3:43 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 38.53 km (24 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/07/16 / 2016-07-16 16:43:49 / July 16, 2016 @ 4:43 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop).
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 fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 88 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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