A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/05/18 / 2018-05-07 12:37:44 / May 7, 2018 @ 12:37 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e2y0. Unique identifier: us1000e2y0. The temblor was picked up at 23:37:44 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 188.06 km, 167.3668° East, -14.2497° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 188.06 km (117 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 45 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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