A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Wednesday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:15:10 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/05/18 / 2018-05-08 14:15:10 / May 8, 2018 @ 2:15 pm. Exact location, longitude 167.6349° East, latitude -14.5893° South, depth = 114.81 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e2zg. Unique identifier: us1000e2zg. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.81 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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