A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:51:07 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/05/18 / 2018-05-30 11:51:07 / May 30, 2018 @ 11:51 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.38 km (14 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eemf. Id of event: us1000eemf. Exact location of event, longitude 169.9984 East, latitude -20.0681 South, depth = 22.38 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop).
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 one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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. 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: 95 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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