A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/11/19 / 2019-11-13 18:05:03 / November 13, 2019 @ 6:05 pm. Exact location of event, depth 143.95 km, 167.4685° East, -14.5207° South. The temblor was picked up at 05:05:03 / 5:05 am (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: us70006ajm. Id of event: us70006ajm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 143.95 km (89 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 71 km S of Sola, Vanuatu.
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