A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.06 km (7 miles). The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:48:21 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 12.06 km, 168.1584° East, -16.3484° South. Id of earthquake: us2000iu3c. Event ids that are associated: us2000iu3c. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 09:48:21 / December 16, 2018 @ 9:48 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro. Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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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