A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Exact location of event, longitude 167.2103 East, latitude -14.9788 South, depth = 127.723 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmxf. Id of event: us7000nmxf. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:58:12 / 3:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 127.723 km (79 miles). Global time and date of event 05/10/24 / 2024-10-05 15:58:12 / October 5, 2024 @ 3:58 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville. Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (38 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 16 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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