A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 17:34:07 / August 22, 2018 @ 5:34 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 04:34:07 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000gfif. Event ids that are associated: us1000gfif. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 168.1418° East, -16.0939° South, depth 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro. Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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