A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a5zi. Unique identifier: us6000a5zi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:13:00 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.9772 East, latitude -17.1647 South, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/05/20 / 2020-05-28 01:13:00 / May 28, 2020 @ 1:13 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 72 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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