A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jkbx. Id of event: us1000jkbx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 167.9137 East, latitude -14.6047 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:38:16 / 2:38 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/03/19 / 2019-03-15 03:38:16 / March 15, 2019 @ 3:38 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola. Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-one 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 88 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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