A earthquake with magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 09:32:27 / 9:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 168.133° East, latitude -16.061° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/08/18 / 2018-08-21 22:32:27 / August 21, 2018 @ 10:32 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Lakatoro in Vanuatu (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: pt18233001. Event ids that are associated: pt18233001, at00pdu1a5. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 120 km (75 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes 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: 76 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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