A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/10/18 / 2018-10-30 23:27:16 / October 30, 2018 @ 11:27 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 194.53 km (121 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:27:16 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 167.0819 East, latitude -13.4575 South, depth = 194.53 km. Event id: us2000i7kz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i7kz.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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