A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 164.37 km (102 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/06/16 / 2016-06-13 13:48:23 / June 13, 2016 @ 1:48 pm. Event id: us200065i8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200065i8. The temblor was detected at 00:48:23 / 12:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.511 East, latitude -14.2843 South, depth = 164.37 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km S of Sola, Vanuatu.
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