A 6.3 magnitude quake struck 64 km east of Luganville on Espiritu Santo, the largest island in Vanuatu, on Wednesday, at a depth of 123 km, the US Geological Survey reported.
No information about casualties or damage is available at the moment.
No tsunami warning has been issued so far.
Preliminary Earthquake Report:
Magnitude 6.3
Date-Time โข 20 Mar 2019 15:24:00 UTC
โข 21 Mar 2019 02:24:00 near epicenter
Location 15.621S 167.608E
Depth 125 km
Distances โข 49.1 km (30.4 mi) ESE of Luganville, Vanuatu
โข 245.9 km (152.4 mi) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
โข 587.2 km (364.1 mi) N of W๏ฟฝ, New Caledonia
โข 732.5 km (454.1 mi) N of Pa๏ฟฝta, New Caledonia
โข 733.6 km (454.8 mi) N of Dumb๏ฟฝa, New Caledonia
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 7.4 km; Vertical 4.8 km
Parameters Nph = 91; Dmin = 723.8 km; Rmss = 0.82 seconds; Gp = 53ยฐ