A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 22:09:02 / June 20, 2016 @ 10:09 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 139.69 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:09:02 / 9:09 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200066im. Id of event: us200066im. Exact location of earthquake, 168.0289° East, -15.5977° South, depth 139.69 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Lakatoro. Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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