A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qgd9. Unique identifier: us6000qgd9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 202.438 km (126 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/05/25 / 2025-05-28 08:57:48 / May 28, 2025 @ 8:57 am. Exact location of event, longitude 167.2762 East, latitude -14.2672 South, depth = 202.438 km. The temblor was detected at 08:57:48 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 52 km SW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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