A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.27 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 15:27:10 / May 2, 2016 @ 3:27 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005gi8. Id of event: us10005gi8. The temblor was picked up at 02:27:10 / 2:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 13.27 km, 166.9706° East, -15.9233° South.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 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 nine, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 46 km WNW of Norsup, Vanuatu.
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