A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.03 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 167.63° East, latitude -17.228° South, depth = 10.03 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/16 / 2016-06-18 11:56:08 / June 18, 2016 @ 11:56 am. Event id: us2000669d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000669d. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:56:08 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-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 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: 92 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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