A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/16 / 2016-10-01 02:33:03 / October 1, 2016 @ 2:33 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 217.23 km (135 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006uad. Unique identifier: us10006uad. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 217.23 km, 167.1786° East, -13.1676° South. The temblor was picked up at 13:33:03 / 1:33 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 88 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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