A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 128.67 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 02:28:35 / January 15, 2018 @ 2:28 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000cjlj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cjlj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:28:35 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 128.67 km, 167.5054° East, -15.2208° South.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 50 km NE of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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