A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes Vanuatu kilometers (0 miles) from Vanuatu on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 134.86 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:13:05 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 167.5488 East, latitude -14.6671 South, depth = 134.86 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/03/20 / 2020-03-02 14:13:05 / March 2, 2020 @ 2:13 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us60008b4g. Ids that are associated to the event: us60008b4g. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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