A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.5369 East, latitude -14.0148 South, depth = 102.62 km. 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: us1000i48b. Unique identifier: us1000i48b. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:08:55 / 3:08 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 102.62 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 04:08:55 / December 3, 2018 @ 4:08 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 14 km S of Sola, Vanuatu.
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