A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Thursday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:26:10 / 1:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a5zj. Unique identifier: us6000a5zj. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/05/20 / 2020-05-28 01:26:10 / May 28, 2020 @ 1:26 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 168.4803° East, -17.1508° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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