A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.46 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 58.46 km, 168.1728° East, -16.5137° South. The temblor was picked up at 03:15:45 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iu5f. Id of event: us2000iu5f. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 16:15:45 / December 16, 2018 @ 4:15 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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