A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Exact location, longitude 167.332° East, latitude -14.3969° South, depth = 163.87 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 163.87 km (102 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:36:25 / 3:36 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/08/15 / 2015-08-02 16:36:25 / August 2, 2015 @ 4:36 pm. Event id: us10002xbg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002xbg.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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: 61 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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