A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006tt5. Id of event: us70006tt5. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:15:21 / 9:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 197.05 km (122 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.484 East, latitude -14.4256 South, depth = 197.05 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/19 / 2019-12-16 22:15:21 / December 16, 2019 @ 10:15 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km S of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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