A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 98 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu (61 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:50:54 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.7919 East, latitude -13.3853 South, depth = 58.66 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.66 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000gekt. Unique identifier: us1000gekt. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 17:50:54 / August 15, 2018 @ 5:50 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 98 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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