A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nvy6. Unique identifier: us7000nvy6. The temblor was reported at 23:38:29 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/11/24 / 2024-11-19 23:38:29 / November 19, 2024 @ 11:38 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 167.5292 East, latitude -17.8128 South, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 83 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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