A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.6315 East, latitude -17.9929 South, depth = 149.8 km. Event id: us600051m3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600051m3. The temblor was reported at 09:14:14 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/19 / 2019-08-06 22:14:14 / August 6, 2019 @ 10:14 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 149.8 km (93 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km SE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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