A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 111 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu (69 miles) on Friday. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:23:28 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 166.542 East, latitude -14.1678 South, depth = 10 km. 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: 14/04/16 / 2016-04-14 22:23:28 / April 14, 2016 @ 10:23 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us20005i70. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005i70.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 111 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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