A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 167.6764° East, -15.9785° South, depth 28.21 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/05/16 / 2016-05-25 12:41:40 / May 25, 2016 @ 12:41 pm. The temblor was detected at 23:41:40 / 11:41 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20005zdr. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005zdr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.21 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 31 km ENE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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