A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:27:02 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000d1zc. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d1zc. The epicenter was at a depth of 233.84 km (145 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/18 / 2018-02-02 23:27:02 / February 2, 2018 @ 11:27 pm. Exact location, longitude 167.031° East, latitude -13.6858° South, depth = 233.84 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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