A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Tuesday. Event id: us20007dp6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007dp6. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 115.72 km (72 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.4556 East, latitude -15.479 South, depth = 115.72 km. The temblor was detected at 08:56:22 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/10/16 / 2016-10-03 21:56:22 / October 3, 2016 @ 9:56 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 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 three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 31 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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