A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Id of earthquake: us70008xc6. Event ids that are associated: us70008xc6. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/04/20 / 2020-04-16 05:29:19 / April 16, 2020 @ 5:29 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 196.18 km (122 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 167.0078 East, latitude -13.1501 South, depth = 196.18 km. The temblor was detected at 16:29:19 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 100 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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