A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 159.222 km, 167.8325° East, -15.5777° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 159.222 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000p7c9. Id of event: us6000p7c9. Global time and date of event 24/11/24 / 2024-11-24 00:30:25 / November 24, 2024 @ 12:30 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:30:25 / 12:30 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville. Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-seven 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 quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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