A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 229.7 km (143 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 168.1011° East, latitude -16.0274° South, depth = 229.7 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 20:22:32 / 8:22 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 09:22:32 / September 22, 2015 @ 9:22 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003mtd. Id of event: us20003mtd.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 73 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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