A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The epicenter was at a depth of 225.6 km (140 miles). Exact location of event, depth 225.6 km, 168.6679° East, -16.9543° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007339. Unique identifier: us10007339. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/16 / 2016-10-30 13:08:20 / October 30, 2016 @ 1:08 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:08:20 / 12:08 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 93 km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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