A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/08/19 / 2019-08-26 21:40:49 / August 26, 2019 @ 9:40 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us700058jv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700058jv. The temblor was reported at 08:40:49 / 8:40 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 170.0647° East, -19.8403° South, depth 10 km.
The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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