A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004krb. Id of event: us70004krb. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 21:51:29 / July 5, 2019 @ 9:51 pm. The temblor was picked up at 08:51:29 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107.62 km (67 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.445 East, latitude -14.4765 South, depth = 107.62 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 66 km S of Sola, Vanuatu.
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