A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 166.7874° East, -14.1958° South, depth 20 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:26:40 / 8:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/04/16 / 2016-04-06 09:26:40 / April 6, 2016 @ 9:26 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20005i9p. Event ids that are associated: us20005i9p. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 89 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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