A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 21:10:28 / July 27, 2015 @ 9:10 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 192.34 km (120 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100032c1. Id of event: us100032c1. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:10:28 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 192.34 km, 167.3531° East, -13.6955° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 29 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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