A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nd4v. Id of event: us7000nd4v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/09/24 / 2024-09-11 18:46:57 / September 11, 2024 @ 6:46 pm. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:46:57 / 6:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 167.9586° East, -15.3291° South, depth 13.11 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.11 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 88 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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