A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 95 km W of Luganville, Vanuatu (59 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/16 / 2016-05-20 13:44:59 / May 20, 2016 @ 1:44 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:44:59 / 12:44 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005y4n. Id of event: us20005y4n. Exact location of event, longitude 166.2758 East, latitude -15.6074 South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 95 km W of Luganville, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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