A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.296 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 167.1127° East, -14.8806° South, depth 106.296 km. The temblor was detected at 11:48:52 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000mtkk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mtkk. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/06/24 / 2024-06-20 11:48:52 / June 20, 2024 @ 11:48 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 18 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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