A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The temblor was picked up at 12:21:19 / 12:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/16 / 2016-12-06 01:21:19 / December 6, 2016 @ 1:21 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 167.2393° East, -14.9713° South, depth 107.67 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.67 km (67 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007f33. Unique identifier: us10007f33.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 22 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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