A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 201.68 km (125 miles). Id of earthquake: us600045mr. Event ids that are associated: us600045mr. The temblor was picked up at 18:40:36 / 6:40 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 25/06/19 / 2019-06-25 07:40:36 / June 25, 2019 @ 7:40 am. Exact location of event, longitude 167.2277 East, latitude -13.6119 South, depth = 201.68 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (29 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 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 fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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