A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 179 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu (111 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82.54 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:00:29 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us700091pr. Event ids that are associated: us700091pr. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/04/20 / 2020-04-22 13:00:29 / April 22, 2020 @ 1:00 pm. Exact location, longitude 169.6037° East, latitude -21.143° South, depth = 82.54 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 179 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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