Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - 79 km northwest of Port-Vila, Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu, on Wednesday, 27 May 2020 at 19:01 (GMT) -

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.4 quake Coral Sea, 87 km northwest of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu, 27 May 2020 07:09 GMT, which had occurred 12 hours earlier.
Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - 79 km northwest of Port-Vila, Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu, on Wednesday, 27 May 2020 at 19:01 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 24 km depth

27 May 19:45 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 44 minutes.
Date & time: 27 May 2020 19:01:48 UTC -
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 24.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 17.12°S / 167.95°E (Coral Sea, Vanuatu)
Nearest volcano: Emae (46 km / 29 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
79 km (49 mi) NNW of Port Vila (pop: 35,900) --> See nearby quakes!
131 km (82 mi) SSE of Norsup (pop: 3,000) --> See nearby quakes!
197 km (122 mi) SSE of Luganville (pop: 13,400) --> See nearby quakes!
249 km (155 mi) SSE of Port-Olry (pop: 1,950) --> See nearby quakes!
304 km (189 mi) NNW of Isangel (pop: 1,440) --> See nearby quakes!
363 km (226 mi) S of Sola (pop: 1,170) --> See nearby quakes!
420 km (261 mi) NNE of Fayaoué (New Caledonia) (pop: 4,410) --> See nearby quakes!
98 km (61 mi) S of Ambrym Island (pop: 7,280) --> See nearby quakes!
80 km (49 mi) SSW of Paama Island (pop: 1,630) --> See nearby quakes!
106 km (66 mi) SSE of Malakula Island (pop: 22,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.824 kmVanuatu IslandsGFZ
M 4.910 kmVanuatuEMSC
M 4.910 km95km WNW of Port-Vila, VanuatuUSGS
M 4.910 kmVanuatu IslandsBMKG

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Port vila / Light shaking (MMI IV)
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