A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 20:47:00 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us70005lk8. Id of event: us70005lk8. Global time and date of event 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 09:47:00 / September 26, 2019 @ 9:47 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.5123 East, latitude -14.1076 South, depth = 166.92 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 166.92 km (104 miles).
Event epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. 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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 25 km S of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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