A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600088q9. Id of event: us600088q9. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:53:52 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/03/20 / 2020-03-03 15:53:52 / March 3, 2020 @ 3:53 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 167.5983 East, latitude -18.0106 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 82 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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