A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/05/16 / 2016-05-27 05:31:23 / May 27, 2016 @ 5:31 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 16:31:23 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20005yf7. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005yf7. Exact location, longitude 167.5825° East, latitude -17.2313° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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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. 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: 96 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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