A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Saturday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:17:40 / 12:17 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000e6k6. Event ids that are associated: us1000e6k6. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/05/18 / 2018-05-11 13:17:40 / May 11, 2018 @ 1:17 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 226.26 km (141 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 167.3495° East, -13.7861° South, depth 226.26 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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