A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/10/24 / 2024-10-06 10:17:41 / October 6, 2024 @ 10:17 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 190.49 km (118 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.0884 East, latitude -16.2477 South, depth = 190.49 km. Unique identifier: us7000nn4k. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nn4k. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:17:41 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 73 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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