A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 168 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu (104 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 169.8075° East, -20.9805° South, depth 98.58 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 11:08:16 / July 6, 2019 @ 11:08 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98.58 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70004cgb. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004cgb. The temblor was detected at 22:08:16 / 10:08 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 168 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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