A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 45.56 km (28 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:10:37 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/04/16 / 2016-04-15 13:10:37 / April 15, 2016 @ 1:10 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005igp. Id of event: us20005igp. Exact location, longitude 166.8103° East, latitude -13.9722° South, depth = 45.56 km.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 80 km W of Sola, Vanuatu.
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