A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 03:47:47 / April 7, 2019 @ 3:47 am. Exact location of event, longitude 167.3583 East, latitude -14.2376 South, depth = 223.52 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:47:47 / 2:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 223.52 km (139 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us700036ew. Unique identifier: us700036ew.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (28 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 sixty-four 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 44 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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