A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Id of earthquake: us2000jhda. Event ids that are associated: us2000jhda. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 29/01/19 / 2019-01-29 13:31:29 / January 29, 2019 @ 1:31 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 00:31:29 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 167.5426° East, -14.2595° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-five 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km S of Sola, Vanuatu.
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