A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 176.83 km (110 miles). Exact location, longitude 167.529° East, latitude -14.5176° South, depth = 176.83 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005z78. Unique identifier: us10005z78. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/06/16 / 2016-06-27 22:55:02 / June 27, 2016 @ 10:55 pm. The temblor was picked up at 09:55:02 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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