A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/05/24 / 2024-05-23 17:38:24 / May 23, 2024 @ 5:38 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:38:24 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mp15. Id of event: us7000mp15. Exact location of event, depth 112.022 km, 168.4268° East, -17.7422° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112.022 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 12 km E of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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