A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 05:28:51 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 100.57 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 167.5075 East, latitude -14.9659 South, depth = 100.57 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007ti2. Id of event: us10007ti2. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 18:28:51 / December 28, 2016 @ 6:28 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 50 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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