A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 202.44 km (126 miles). Exact location of event, depth 202.44 km, 167.246° East, -14.6041° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/19 / 2019-05-28 14:34:20 / May 28, 2019 @ 2:34 pm. The temblor was picked up at 01:34:20 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us60003t1i. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003t1i.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola. Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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: 53 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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