A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 01:05:18 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/02/17 / 2017-02-15 14:05:18 / February 15, 2017 @ 2:05 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20008jzb. Ids that are associated to the event: us20008jzb. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.52 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 168.0354 East, latitude -18.4893 South, depth = 42.52 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 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.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 88 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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