A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Event id: us2000iu4n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iu4n. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 15:03:27 / December 16, 2018 @ 3:03 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.37 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:03:27 / 2:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 168.1402 East, latitude -16.4119 South, depth = 55.37 km.
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 83 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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