A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 167.7162° East, -17.8867° South, depth 39.13 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/07/19 / 2019-07-11 15:31:32 / July 11, 2019 @ 3:31 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.13 km (24 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:31:32 / 2:31 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70004i7x. Unique identifier: us70004i7x.
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila. Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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