M6.4 earthquake - 101km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu, Sunday, 2 December 2012 at 00:54 (GMT)
Strong mag. 6.4 earthquake - Coral Sea, 109 km northwest of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu, on Sun, 2 Dec 2012 11:54
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Strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake at 34 km depth
2 Dec 01:15 UTC: First to report: USGS after 21 minutes.
Local time at epicenter: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 11:54
Magnitude: 6.4
Depth: 34.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 17.0123°S / 167.626°E

Nearest volcano: Epi (87 km / 54 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
104 km (65 mi) SSE of Lakatoro (pop: 705) --> See nearby quakes!
109 km (68 mi) NW of Port Vila (pop: 35,900) --> See nearby quakes!
173 km (108 mi) SSE of Luganville (pop: 13,400) --> See nearby quakes!
227 km (141 mi) SSE of Port-Olry (pop: 1,950) --> See nearby quakes!
331 km (206 mi) NNW of Isangel (pop: 1,440) --> See nearby quakes!
349 km (217 mi) S of Sola (pop: 1,170) --> See nearby quakes!
436 km (271 mi) N of Wé (Lifou, New Caledonia) (pop: 10,400) --> See nearby quakes!
498 km (310 mi) NNE of Poindimié (New Caledonia) (pop: 4,890) --> See nearby quakes!
536 km (333 mi) NNE of Koné (New Caledonia) (pop: 4,570) --> See nearby quakes!
84 km (52 mi) S of Malakula Island (pop: 22,900) --> See nearby quakes!
330 km (205 mi) NW of Tanna Island (pop: 28,800) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 2.5 x 1014 joules (69.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 60036 tons of TNT or 3.8 atomic bombs!) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
M 6.4 | 34 km | 101km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu | USGS |
M 6.4 | 29 km | VANUATU | EMSC |
M 6.1 | 38 km | Vanuatu Islands | GFZ |
M 6.0 | 61 km | Vanuatu Islands | GeoAu |
M 5.9 | 53 km | Vanuatu Islands | BMKG |
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There are no user reports for this quake yet. If you felt it Aftershocks of the 6.4 quake Coral Sea, 109 km northwest of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu, Sun, 2 Dec 2012 11:54
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (7 quakes):- 01 May 2013 09:51 UTC| M 5.1 |8.5 km (5.3 mi) depth|71 km (44 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 01 May 2013 00:48 UTC| M 4.6 |51.6 km (32.1 mi) depth|95 km (59 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 30 Apr 2013 21:04 UTC| M 4.5 |15 km (9.3 mi) depth|84 km (52 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 30 Apr 2013 20:17 UTC| M 4.9 |7.8 km (4.8 mi) depth|76 km (47 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 10 Apr 2013 13:04 UTC| M 4.6 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|85 km (53 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 28 Feb 2013 03:09 UTC| M 6.1 |15.1 km (9.4 mi) depth|90 km (56 mi) distance| USGS | Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - Coral Sea, 103 km west of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu, on Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:09
- 23 Dec 2012 05:11 UTC| M 4.6 |206.8 km (128.5 mi) depth|89 km (55 mi) distance| USGS | Details
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Strong mag. 6.4 earthquake - Coral Sea, 109 km northwest of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu, on Sun, 2 Dec 2012 11:54Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!