A earthquake magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 169.16 km, 169.0224° East, -18.9332° South. The temblor was detected at 20:46:49 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000g3up. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g3up. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 09:46:49 / July 13, 2018 @ 9:46 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 169.16 km (105 miles).
Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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: 72 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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