A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.6 km (21 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 167.4621° East, -16.0093° South, depth 33.6 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/07/16 / 2016-07-26 08:04:20 / July 26, 2016 @ 8:04 am. The 5.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:04:20 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20006hpx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006hpx.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
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 sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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: 10 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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