A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:04:59 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 167.8782° East, -17.3619° South, depth 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/05/20 / 2020-05-31 21:04:59 / May 31, 2020 @ 9:04 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000a6lj. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a6lj.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 62 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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