- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 15, 2018 CE
- Location:
- Vanuatu Islands, Ambrym Island
- Magnitude:
- 5.4 Mw
- Depth:
- 11 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 5.8
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: Mww 6.5
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
Other earthquake records of 2018 CE
- Indonesia, Sulawesi · Mw 7.5 · 4,340 deaths
- Indonesia, Lombok Island · Mw 6.9 · 560 deaths
- Papua New Guinea, S Highlands, Hela, Indonesia · Mw 7.5 · 145 deaths
- Japan, Hokkaido · Mw 6.6 · 44 deaths
- Papua New Guinea, S Highlands, Hela · Mw 6.7 · 25 deaths
- Haiti, Port-Dex-Paix · Mw 5.9 · 18 deaths
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 2018 CE Earthquake — Vanuatu Islands, Ambrym Island happen?
- December 15, 2018 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.