A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 160 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu (99 miles). Global time and date of event 22/01/18 / 2018-01-22 21:57:20 / January 22, 2018 @ 9:57 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 219.33 km (136 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 167.1231° East, -12.491° South, depth 219.33 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000ceap. Event ids that are associated: us1000ceap. The temblor was picked up at 08:57:20 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 160 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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