A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 65 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 reported at 06:21:19 / 6:21 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 19:21:19 / December 14, 2016 @ 7:21 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 117.48 km (73 miles). Exact location of event, depth 117.48 km, 167.588° East, -14.4717° South. Event id: us200080sm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200080sm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 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 one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 65 km S of Sola, Vanuatu.
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