A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 166.9502° East, -14.3378° South, depth 35.36 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005fxh. Id of event: us70005fxh. The temblor was picked up at 08:55:43 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/09/19 / 2019-09-07 21:55:43 / September 7, 2019 @ 9:55 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.36 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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