A earthquake with magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 175 km (109 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Port-Olry in Vanuatu (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 175 km, 167.2° East, -14.5° South. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:52:14 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 13:52:14 / May 9, 2017 @ 1:52 pm. Unique identifier: at00opouj1. Ids that are associated to the event: pt17129002, at00opouj1.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Sola. Epicenter of the event was 113 km (71 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
How would you describe the shaking?
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. 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: 62 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply