A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 175.655 km, 167.8555° East, -16.1262° South. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:40:13 / 11:40 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/10/24 / 2024-10-19 23:40:13 / October 19, 2024 @ 11:40 pm. Event id: us7000nqgg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nqgg. The epicenter was at a depth of 175.655 km (109 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 47 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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