A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 115 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu (71 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 166.1982° East, -14.4212° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006ccb. Id of event: us10006ccb. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/08/16 / 2016-08-06 21:35:05 / August 6, 2016 @ 9:35 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 08:35:05 / 8:35 am (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 115 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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