A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Global time and date of event 21/05/19 / 2019-05-21 16:36:50 / May 21, 2019 @ 4:36 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 146.4 km, 167.3294° East, -14.0972° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:36:50 / 3:36 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70003p00. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003p00. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 146.4 km (91 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 33 km SW of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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