A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 167.3212° East, -13.5627° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000dvz6. Event ids that are associated: us1000dvz6. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 17:40:07 / April 23, 2018 @ 5:40 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:40:07 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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