A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, Vanuatu kilometers (0 miles) from Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 15:45:54 / 3:45 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: us70006ajg. Id of event: us70006ajg. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/19 / 2019-11-13 15:45:54 / November 13, 2019 @ 3:45 pm. Exact location, longitude 167.4677° East, latitude -14.5579° South, depth = 223.65 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 223.65 km (139 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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