A earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 169.0293 East, latitude -18.9 South, depth = 164.13 km. Id of earthquake: us20006g6l. Event ids that are associated: us20006g6l. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/16 / 2016-07-20 15:13:16 / July 20, 2016 @ 3:13 pm. The 6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:13:16 / 2:13 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 164.13 km (102 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (48 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 135 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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