A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Id of earthquake: us20006gnq. Event ids that are associated: us20006gnq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 82.71 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:39:56 / 12:39 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 17/07/16 / 2016-07-17 01:39:56 / July 17, 2016 @ 1:39 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.4347 East, latitude -13.0824 South, depth = 82.71 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 89 km N of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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