A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 137.36 km (85 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/16 / 2016-10-17 11:10:04 / October 17, 2016 @ 11:10 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20007fx7. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007fx7. Exact location of event, depth 137.36 km, 167.5443° East, -14.7275° South. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:10:04 / 10:10 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty 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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