A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Unique identifier: us60006bhw. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006bhw. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 167.7854° East, -13.4759° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 06/11/19 / 2019-11-06 03:23:52 / November 6, 2019 @ 3:23 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:23:52 / 2:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km NNE of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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