A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.348 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 168.0141° East, -15.2015° South, depth 13.348 km. Global time and date of event 11/09/24 / 2024-09-11 19:22:55 / September 11, 2024 @ 7:22 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000nd53. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nd53. The temblor was reported at 19:22:55 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 119 km (74 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 98 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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