A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:50:42 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/06/16 / 2016-06-01 13:50:42 / June 1, 2016 @ 1:50 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.5296 East, latitude -16.0596 South, depth = 36.35 km. Event id: us200062js. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200062js. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.35 km (23 miles).
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km ENE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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