A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n8bf. Id of event: us6000n8bf. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:01:00 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/06/24 / 2024-06-12 10:01:00 / June 12, 2024 @ 10:01 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.795 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 166.8465 East, latitude -15.623 South, depth = 27.795 km.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 35 km WSW of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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