A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004iyb. Id of event: us70004iyb. The temblor was picked up at 02:35:45 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 167.1975° East, latitude -13.1934° South, depth = 233.74 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 15:35:45 / July 3, 2019 @ 3:35 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 233.74 km (145 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 85 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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