A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 239.68 km (149 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000epts. Unique identifier: us1000epts. Exact location of event, depth 239.68 km, 169.4258° East, -18.9° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 10:33:11 / June 13, 2018 @ 10:33 am. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:33:11 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 73 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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