A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:06:02 / 8:06 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.14 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20005ia6. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005ia6. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/04/16 / 2016-04-06 09:06:02 / April 6, 2016 @ 9:06 am. Exact location of event, depth 34.14 km, 166.879° East, -14.2986° South.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 85 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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