A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dtf4. Id of event: us1000dtf4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 132.32 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.3356 East, latitude -14.4724 South, depth = 132.32 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/04/18 / 2018-04-24 14:10:14 / April 24, 2018 @ 2:10 pm. The temblor was picked up at 01:10:14 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 69 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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