A earthquake magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 112 kilometers (70 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has been issued near Isangel in Vanuatu (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 169.3207° East, latitude -20.5643° South, depth = 13.64 km. Event id: us200065d1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt16171050, at00o90j7b, us200065d1. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.64 km (8 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:47:22 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 09:47:22 / June 19, 2016 @ 9:47 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 113 km (70 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 112 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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