A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008r0y. Id of event: us10008r0y. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.5608 East, latitude -15.6052 South, depth = 129.32 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:10:06 / 11:10 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/05/17 / 2017-05-10 00:10:06 / May 10, 2017 @ 12:10 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 129.32 km (80 miles).
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro, Luganville. Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 43 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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