A earthquake with magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Monday. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:03:38 / 8:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 167.2485° East, -14.6086° South, depth 156.689 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 156.689 km (97 miles). Unique identifier: us7000mu8s. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mu8s. Global time and date of event 24/06/24 / 2024-06-24 08:03:38 / June 24, 2024 @ 8:03 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Sola (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 51 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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