A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/10/16 / 2016-10-29 03:21:34 / October 29, 2016 @ 3:21 am. Event id: us100072wd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100072wd. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.94 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 39.94 km, 166.8444° East, -14.8349° South. The temblor was picked up at 14:21:34 / 2:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville.
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 one hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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