A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location, longitude 167.735° East, latitude -17.4562° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nhdv. Id of event: us6000nhdv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:15:20 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/24 / 2024-07-20 01:15:20 / July 20, 2024 @ 1:15 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 68 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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