A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/25 / 2025-12-18 01:59:31 / December 18, 2025 @ 1:59 am. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:59:31 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rvl8. Id of event: us6000rvl8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.518 km (32 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.3438 East, latitude -20.273 South, depth = 51.518 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel. Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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: 81 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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