A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Unique identifier: us7000ndip. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ndip. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/08/24 / 2024-08-21 01:22:24 / August 21, 2024 @ 1:22 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:22:24 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 218.938 km (136 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 167.144 East, latitude -13.1903 South, depth = 218.938 km.
Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 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 three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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