Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Coral Sea, 14 km south of Ambrym Island, Malampa Province, Vanuatu, on Sunday, 16 December 2018 at 02:43 (GMT)

This quake was likely a foreshock of the 5.6 quake 88 km east of Norsup, Malampa Province, Vanuatu, 16 December 2018 09:48 GMT, which followed after 7 heures.
Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Coral Sea, 14 km south of Ambrym Island, Malampa Province, Vanuatu, on Sunday, 16 December 2018 at 02:43 (GMT)

Séisme modéré magnitude 5.0 at 34 km depth

16 Dec 03:01 UTC: Premier à signaler: GeoAu après 17 minutes.
Profondeur recalculée de 36.0 à 34.2 km.
Date & time: 16 Dec 2018 02:43:47 UTC
Magnitude: 5
Profondeur: 34.2 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 16.379°S / 168.136°E (Mer de Corail, Vanuatu)
Volcan le plus près: Ambrym (6 km / 4 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
83 km ESE de Lakatoro (pop: 705) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
141 km SE de Luganville (pop: 13,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
152 km N de Port-Vila (Port Vila) (pop: 35,900) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
187 km SE de Port-Olry (pop: 1,950) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
285 km SSE de Sola (pop: 1,170) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
372 km NNO de Isangel (pop: 1,440) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
14 km S de Ambrym Island (pop: 7,280) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
14 km NO de Paama Island (pop: 1,630) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
68 km E de Malakula Island (pop: 22,900) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: GeoAu (Geoscience Australia )
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 5.034 kmVanuatu IslandsGeoAu
M 5.248 kmVANUATUEMSC
M 5.248 km- 80km ESE of Lakatoro, VanuatuUSGS

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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (8 quakes):
  • 17 Dec 2018 08:04 UTC
    | M 4.9 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    14 km (9 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 17 Dec 2018 07:16 UTC
    | M 4.8 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    16 km (10 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 16 Dec 2018 18:28 UTC
    | M 4.9 |
    35 km (21.7 mi) depth
    |
    15 km (9 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 16 Dec 2018 17:59 UTC
    | M 4.7 |
    35 km (21.7 mi) depth
    |
    9 km (6 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 16 Dec 2018 16:15 UTC
    | M 5.0 |
    58.5 km (36.4 mi) depth
    |
    15 km (10 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 16 Dec 2018 15:03 UTC
    | M 5.0 |
    36.3 km (22.6 mi) depth
    |
    10 km (6 mi) distance
    | GeoAu | Details
  • 16 Dec 2018 09:48 UTC
    | M 5.6 |
    32.8 km (20.4 mi) depth
    |
    7 km (4 mi) distance
    | GeoAu | Details
  • 16 Dec 2018 07:44 UTC
    | M 5.2 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    17 km (10 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details

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