A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 168.2348° East, -17.6708° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 08:06:11 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004y5h. Id of event: us20004y5h. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/02/16 / 2016-02-03 21:06:11 / February 3, 2016 @ 9:06 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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