A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Global time and date of event 28/10/18 / 2018-10-28 08:28:31 / October 28, 2018 @ 8:28 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 100 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:28:31 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 167.7009° East, -14.1567° South, depth 100 km. Event id: us2000i5z6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i5z6.
Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 34 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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