A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/10/15 / 2015-10-23 22:28:27 / October 23, 2015 @ 10:28 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000406y. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000406y. Exact location of event, depth 188.04 km, 167.0731° East, -13.2155° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 188.04 km (117 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:28:27 / 9:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola. Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 90 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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