A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 167.524° East, latitude -15.0805° South, depth = 109.67 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.67 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/09/16 / 2016-09-15 00:14:36 / September 15, 2016 @ 12:14 am. The temblor was detected at 11:14:36 / 11:14 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10006ry1. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006ry1.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (39 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 51 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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