A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Unique identifier: us10005yp3. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005yp3. The 5.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:30:34 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/06/16 / 2016-06-30 11:30:34 / June 30, 2016 @ 11:30 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.65 km (25 miles). Exact location, longitude 167.4211° East, latitude -16.0928° South, depth = 39.65 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 1 km (1 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). 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.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-seven 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.
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