A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.3477 East, latitude -14.4056 South, depth = 173.78 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:50:54 / 2:50 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 173.78 km (108 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/09/19 / 2019-09-02 15:50:54 / September 2, 2019 @ 3:50 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005cvs. Id of event: us70005cvs.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola. Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 61 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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