A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Global time and date of event 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 05:17:58 / February 27, 2018 @ 5:17 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 16:17:58 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d8mh. Unique identifier: us2000d8mh. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.2939 East, latitude -18.8524 South, depth = 196.49 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 196.49 km (122 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 77 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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