A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 23:49:03 / July 17, 2015 @ 11:49 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 166.8053° East, -13.5934° South, depth 70.94 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:49:03 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.94 km (44 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002ya5. Id of event: us20002ya5.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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