A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 199.86 km (124 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:30:38 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002wtk. Id of event: us10002wtk. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.2098 East, latitude -13.6294 South, depth = 199.86 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/15 / 2015-07-31 07:30:38 / July 31, 2015 @ 7:30 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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