A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Thursday. Event id: us100069i4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100069i4. The temblor was reported at 17:50:06 / 5:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 166.8512° East, -14.1225° South, depth 54.59 km. 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 54.59 km (34 miles). Global time and date of event 28/07/16 / 2016-07-28 06:50:06 / July 28, 2016 @ 6:50 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola. Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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