A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jhg3. Id of event: us2000jhg3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 14:48:20 / 2:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 167.7661° East, latitude -14.4473° South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/02/19 / 2019-02-01 03:48:20 / February 1, 2019 @ 3:48 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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