A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Friday. Global time and date of event 17/11/16 / 2016-11-17 19:10:23 / November 17, 2016 @ 7:10 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 06:10:23 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 166.7689 East, latitude -13.4959 South, depth = 42.02 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100079jk. Unique identifier: us100079jk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.02 km (26 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 94 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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