A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 22:06:57 / 10:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 168.0167 East, latitude -17.0655 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000a9wb. Event ids that are associated: us6000a9wb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/06/20 / 2020-06-04 22:06:57 / June 4, 2020 @ 10:06 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days fifty-six 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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