A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/10/16 / 2016-10-13 21:56:08 / October 13, 2016 @ 9:56 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.98 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20007fdp. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007fdp. Exact location of event, depth 34.98 km, 167.6964° East, -16.692° South. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:56:08 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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