A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nzgm. Id of event: us7000nzgm. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 05:17:00 / December 17, 2024 @ 5:17 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:17:00 / 5:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 168.0596° East, latitude -17.9312° South, depth = 61.672 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.672 km (38 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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