A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/06/24 / 2024-06-03 00:57:59 / June 3, 2024 @ 12:57 am. Exact location, longitude 167.5633° East, latitude -17.4125° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 00:57:59 / 12:57 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000mri3. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mri3.
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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