A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 177 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu (110 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 252.75 km (157 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 166.7178 East, latitude -12.499 South, depth = 252.75 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:30:10 / 4:30 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 17:30:10 / May 5, 2018 @ 5:30 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e2um. Unique identifier: us1000e2um. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 177 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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