A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 216 km N of Sola, Vanuatu (134 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 331.22 km (206 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/01/18 / 2018-01-10 10:38:11 / January 10, 2018 @ 10:38 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000cnvh. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cnvh. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:38:11 / 9:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 167.6874 East, latitude -11.9281 South, depth = 331.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 216 km N of Sola, Vanuatu.
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