A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 69 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu (43 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000c1fc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c1fc. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:15:49 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.8074 East, latitude -14.4675 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 06/01/18 / 2018-01-06 04:15:49 / January 6, 2018 @ 4:15 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 69 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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