A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:54:46 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/11/24 / 2024-11-24 14:54:46 / November 24, 2024 @ 2:54 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 167.5026° East, -17.6773° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nxcg. Id of event: us7000nxcg. 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). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 86 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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