A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Event id: us10005z6a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005z6a. Exact location of earthquake, 167.4234° East, -14.4788° South, depth 175.42 km. The temblor was detected at 14:00:58 / 2:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 175.42 km (109 miles). Global time and date of event 27/06/16 / 2016-06-27 03:00:58 / June 27, 2016 @ 3:00 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 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 five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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