A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Exact location, longitude 167.2463° East, latitude -13.9705° South, depth = 147.25 km. The temblor was reported at 15:44:07 / 3:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 147.25 km (91 miles). Global time and date of event 11/11/18 / 2018-11-11 04:44:07 / November 11, 2018 @ 4:44 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000hsup. Event ids that are associated: us1000hsup.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola. Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-four 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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