A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/10/18 / 2018-10-29 07:41:55 / October 29, 2018 @ 7:41 am. Exact location, longitude 167.9506° East, latitude -16.1987° South, depth = 182.89 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 182.89 km (114 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 18:41:55 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hifh. Id of event: us1000hifh. 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). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 57 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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