A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 167.7667° East, latitude -17.3342° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mryv. Unique identifier: us7000mryv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:40:50 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/24 / 2024-06-05 21:40:50 / June 5, 2024 @ 9:40 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila. Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 73 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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