A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.1483 East, latitude -16.5177 South, depth = 48.61 km. Global time and date of event 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 07:44:09 / December 16, 2018 @ 7:44 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:44:09 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000iu2i. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000iu2i. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.61 km (30 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro.
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 89 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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