A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu. Unique identifier: us1000h4cy. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h4cy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.83 km (29 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/18 / 2018-09-29 18:34:45 / September 29, 2018 @ 6:34 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 168.1118 East, latitude -15.6917 South, depth = 46.83 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:34:45 / 5:34 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 88 km ENE of Norsup, Vanuatu.
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