A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Exact location of event, longitude 168.2126 East, latitude -16.3677 South, depth = 34.73 km. Id of earthquake: us2000itwu. Event ids that are associated: us2000itwu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/12/18 / 2018-12-15 20:21:57 / December 15, 2018 @ 8:21 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.73 km (22 miles). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:21:57 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-one 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: 89 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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