A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 132.83 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:07:06 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 167.787° East, latitude -14.3697° South, depth = 132.83 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/10/15 / 2015-10-21 18:07:06 / October 21, 2015 @ 6:07 pm. Id of earthquake: us10003rxu. Event ids that are associated: us10003rxu.
The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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