A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000exmu. Unique identifier: us1000exmu. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 22:19:20 / June 16, 2018 @ 10:19 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 168.333° East, -13.4766° South. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:19:20 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter).
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 96 km (60 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 95 km ENE of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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