A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Unique identifier: us7000905x. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000905x. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 00:34:34 / April 20, 2020 @ 12:34 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 108.64 km (68 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 167.5595 East, latitude -15.3401 South, depth = 108.64 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:34:34 / 11:34 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-two 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 47 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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