Vanuatu Earthquake Map – 7.2 Earthquake in South Pacific

The Pacific islands of Vanuatu has been hit by an earthquake today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu has issued a tsunami warning for Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia, but was later canceled as later readings didn’t show any tsunami signals.

USGS Vanuatu Earthquake Details:

Date-Time:

* Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 20:48:00 UTC
* Friday, May 28, 2010 at 07:48:00 AM at epicenter

Location: 13.641°S, 166.713°E
Depth: 32.2 km (20.0 miles)
Region: VANUATU
Distances:

215 km (135 miles) NNW of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
335 km (210 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl.
485 km (300 miles) NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
2085 km (1300 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia