A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.25 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 13:41:51 / June 20, 2016 @ 1:41 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 167.5026 East, latitude -15.9909 South, depth = 51.25 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:41:51 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us200065i3. Event ids that are associated: us200065i3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km ENE of Norsup, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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