A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d4l0. Id of event: us1000d4l0. Exact location, longitude 167.2825° East, latitude -13.774° South, depth = 198.92 km. The temblor was detected at 15:51:10 / 3:51 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 198.92 km (124 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 15/03/18 / 2018-03-15 04:51:10 / March 15, 2018 @ 4:51 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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