A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.4193 East, latitude -14.7437 South, depth = 131.12 km. Id of earthquake: us10003rwd. Event ids that are associated: us10003rwd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 131.12 km (81 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:27:06 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/10/15 / 2015-10-20 23:27:06 / October 20, 2015 @ 11:27 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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