A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000egnu. Id of event: us1000egnu. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.9607 East, latitude -19.9642 South, depth = 43.45 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.45 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:09:47 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/05/18 / 2018-05-30 12:09:47 / May 30, 2018 @ 12:09 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 85 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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