A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 18:23:27 / 6:23 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005hiy. Id of event: us10005hiy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/05/16 / 2016-05-15 07:23:27 / May 15, 2016 @ 7:23 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.802 East, latitude -14.3489 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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