A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 03:08:07 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 167.8399° East, -17.4482° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/16 / 2016-12-21 16:08:07 / December 21, 2016 @ 4:08 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007rls. Id of event: us10007rls. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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