A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 137.09 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10005z5u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005z5u. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 14:23:16 / June 26, 2016 @ 2:23 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 167.441° East, -14.9786° South, depth 137.09 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:23:16 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 42 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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