A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:56:32 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006eyy. Id of event: us20006eyy. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.264 East, latitude -14.3988 South, depth = 173.67 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/07/16 / 2016-07-10 23:56:32 / July 10, 2016 @ 11:56 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 173.67 km (108 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 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 four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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