A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 18:13:31 / 6:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 167.1767° East, latitude -14.87° South, depth = 97.173 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ns10. Unique identifier: us7000ns10. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 97.173 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 18:13:31 / October 29, 2024 @ 6:13 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 22 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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