A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. 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 10/06/20 / 2020-06-10 03:50:30 / June 10, 2020 @ 3:50 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 03:50:30 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 167.5315° East, latitude -13.352° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000adhd. Unique identifier: us6000adhd.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km N of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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