A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 03:51:01 / June 20, 2016 @ 3:51 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.6906 East, latitude -20.0434 South, depth = 51.97 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.97 km (32 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200065g0. Id of event: us200065g0. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:51:01 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (51 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 81 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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