A earthquake magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Saturday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Port-Vila in Vanuatu (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.8842 East, latitude -17.1088 South, depth = 29.182 km. Global time and date of event 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 22:23:16 / May 25, 2024 @ 10:23 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: at00se2biv, pt24146000, us6000n102. Unique identifier: us6000n102. The temblor was detected at 22:23:16 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.182 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop), 123 km (76 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 135 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 83 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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