A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 148.68 km (92 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/17 / 2017-05-02 00:51:51 / May 2, 2017 @ 12:51 am. The temblor was picked up at 11:51:51 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008mv0. Id of event: us10008mv0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.4574 East, latitude -14.779 South, depth = 148.68 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 53 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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