A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 185.21 km (115 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:41:17 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000chev. Unique identifier: us1000chev. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 09:41:17 / February 6, 2018 @ 9:41 am. Exact location of event, depth 185.21 km, 167.4158° East, -14.2192° South.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Event epicenter was 40 km (25 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 three and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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