A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 167.8506° East, -17.825° South, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us1000h5k9. Event ids that are associated: us1000h5k9. The temblor was reported at 21:08:37 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 10:08:37 / October 2, 2018 @ 10:08 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 50 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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