A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/09/19 / 2019-09-05 07:32:35 / September 5, 2019 @ 7:32 am. Exact location, longitude 168.3317° East, latitude -17.8504° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:32:35 / 6:32 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70005c87. Event ids that are associated: us70005c87. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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