A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 204.3 km (127 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/12/17 / 2017-12-11 17:29:12 / December 11, 2017 @ 5:29 pm. The temblor was picked up at 04:29:12 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 167.3972 East, latitude -14.3653 South, depth = 204.3 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c2vg. Id of event: us2000c2vg.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 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 two and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 55 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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