A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 167.8801 East, latitude -17.199 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:14:55 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000a5zf. Event ids that are associated: us6000a5zf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/05/20 / 2020-05-28 00:14:55 / May 28, 2020 @ 12:14 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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