A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 167.4963° East, -16.1112° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 22:23:36 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000phws. Event ids that are associated: us6000phws. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 22:23:36 / January 4, 2025 @ 10:23 pm.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Lakatoro. Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-three 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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