A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 156 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu (97 miles) on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004flb. Unique identifier: us10004flb. Exact location, longitude 166.8666° East, latitude -12.6421° South, depth = 98.19 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 98.19 km (61 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:25:27 / 10:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/01/16 / 2016-01-13 11:25:27 / January 13, 2016 @ 11:25 am UTC/GMT.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 156 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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