A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location, longitude 167.6969° East, latitude -17.2798° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 05:38:13 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/06/24 / 2024-06-06 05:38:13 / June 6, 2024 @ 5:38 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ms6h. Unique identifier: us7000ms6h.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 82 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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