A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Event id: us10003yha. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003yha. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.9629 East, latitude -14.3575 South, depth = 117.27 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/15 / 2015-11-15 09:32:11 / November 15, 2015 @ 9:32 am UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:32:11 / 8:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.27 km (73 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 68 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu.
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