A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Saturday. 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: 30/04/16 / 2016-04-30 08:40:01 / April 30, 2016 @ 8:40 am. Event id: us10005gac. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005gac. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:40:01 / 7:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 167.4132° East, -16.1749° South, depth 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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