A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 91.47 km (57 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:55:18 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/12/18 / 2018-12-17 20:55:18 / December 17, 2018 @ 8:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 166.819 East, latitude -13.6762 South, depth = 91.47 km. Event id: us2000ivyv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ivyv.
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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