A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 08:30:29 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/06/20 / 2020-06-16 08:30:29 / June 16, 2020 @ 8:30 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 167.5926° East, -17.3122° South, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000acpf. Event ids that are associated: us6000acpf.
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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: 89 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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