A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:28:15 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003rvr. Id of event: us10003rvr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.11 km (14 miles). Exact location of event, depth 23.11 km, 167.5889° East, -16.6063° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/10/15 / 2015-10-20 08:28:15 / October 20, 2015 @ 8:28 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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