A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000myip. Unique identifier: us6000myip. Exact location of earthquake, 167.4567° East, -13.9663° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:51:39 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 02:51:39 / May 7, 2024 @ 2:51 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 14 km (8 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four 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: 14 km SW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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