A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 03:31:37 / October 17, 2024 @ 3:31 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:31:37 / 3:31 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 event, longitude 167.6945 East, latitude -18.2627 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000nq7q. Event ids that are associated: us7000nq7q. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 87 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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