A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/18 / 2018-08-26 04:23:56 / August 26, 2018 @ 4:23 am. Id of earthquake: us2000h87j. Event ids that are associated: us2000h87j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 167.0766 East, latitude -13.3885 South, depth = 244.96 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 244.96 km (152 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:23:56 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
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 thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 74 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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