A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/20 / 2020-08-23 07:48:49 / August 23, 2020 @ 7:48 am. Event id: us7000beae. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000beae. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 153.37 km (95 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:48:49 / 7:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.4439 East, latitude -14.5388 South, depth = 153.37 km.
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. Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 68 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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