A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes Vanuatu kilometers (0 miles) from Vanuatu on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008qrd. Unique identifier: us10008qrd. The temblor was detected at 15:18:04 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/17 / 2017-05-02 15:18:04 / May 2, 2017 @ 3:18 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 158.84 km (99 miles). Exact location, longitude 167.1471° East, latitude -13.6286° South, depth = 158.84 km.
The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). 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.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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