A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 167.6017° East, -16.9386° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:20:11 / 3:20 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/05/20 / 2020-05-30 15:20:11 / May 30, 2020 @ 3:20 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000a6gu. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a6gu.
Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 94 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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