A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/16 / 2016-05-04 14:36:25 / May 4, 2016 @ 2:36 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005dme. Unique identifier: us10005dme. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 166.8999° East, -14.9146° South. The temblor was picked up at 01:36:25 / 1:36 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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