A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 17:40:51 / May 2, 2016 @ 5:40 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 166.7731 East, latitude -15.8067 South, depth = 13.45 km. Id of earthquake: us10005gie. Event ids that are associated: us10005gie. The temblor was reported at 04:40:51 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.45 km (8 miles).
Event epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 51 km SW of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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