A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 166.8367° East, -14.7473° South, depth 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/16 / 2016-07-05 16:55:00 / July 5, 2016 @ 4:55 pm. The temblor was detected at 03:55:00 / 3:55 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us100062xp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100062xp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Close 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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