A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mrys. Id of event: us7000mrys. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:33:40 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 167.8564° East, latitude -17.2295° South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/24 / 2024-06-05 21:33:40 / June 5, 2024 @ 9:33 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila. Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days nine 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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