A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:30:40 / 3:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 149.57 km (93 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/04/19 / 2019-04-28 16:30:40 / April 28, 2019 @ 4:30 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.2941 East, latitude -14.6055 South, depth = 149.57 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70003dg7. Unique identifier: us70003dg7.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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