A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of event, longitude 168.2025 East, latitude -18.2652 South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:59:16 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000623b. Id of event: us2000623b. 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: 04/06/16 / 2016-06-04 21:59:16 / June 4, 2016 @ 9:59 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 60 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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