A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:06:00 / 10:06 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10005dif. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005dif. Exact location, longitude 167.2509° East, latitude -16.2673° South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/05/16 / 2016-05-03 23:06:00 / May 3, 2016 @ 11:06 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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: 24 km SW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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