A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.4 km (23 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60006pcx. Unique identifier: us60006pcx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 36.4 km, 167.8394° East, -13.8551° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/19 / 2019-11-27 16:43:56 / November 27, 2019 @ 4:43 pm. The temblor was detected at 03:43:56 / 3:43 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 31 km (20 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-four 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 31 km E of Sola, Vanuatu.
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