A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Saturday. Global time and date of event 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 23:06:58 / January 26, 2018 @ 11:06 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000cif6. Unique identifier: us1000cif6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:06:58 / 10:06 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 249.49 km (155 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 167.0052° East, latitude -13.338° South, depth = 249.49 km.
The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 84 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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