A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 13:46:42 / 1:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 179.97 km (112 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007v7g. Id of event: us10007v7g. Global time and date of event 07/01/17 / 2017-01-07 02:46:42 / January 7, 2017 @ 2:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 167.2066 East, latitude -13.2738 South, depth = 179.97 km.
Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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