A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Global time and date of event 17/11/19 / 2019-11-17 16:38:50 / November 17, 2019 @ 4:38 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: us7000696d. Id of event: us7000696d. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:38:50 / 3:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 167.8982° East, -13.4346° South, depth 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). 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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 62 km NE of Sola, Vanuatu.
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