A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100030rv. Event ids that are associated: us100030rv. Exact location, longitude 167.2592° East, latitude -13.1773° South, depth = 226.78 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 226.78 km (141 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 12:22:22 / August 10, 2015 @ 12:22 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:22:22 / 11:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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-eight 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 84 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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