A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 149.262 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000na2s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000na2s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/06/24 / 2024-06-26 00:55:09 / June 26, 2024 @ 12:55 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:55:09 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 167.409° East, latitude -15.0768° South, depth = 149.262 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville. Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 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 six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 36 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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