A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 18:27:07 / 6:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.2484 East, latitude -13.5791 South, depth = 196.2 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/03/20 / 2020-03-14 07:27:07 / March 14, 2020 @ 7:27 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 196.2 km (122 miles). Id of earthquake: us60008hpr. Event ids that are associated: us60008hpr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 46 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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