A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Unique identifier: us7000nzlp. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nzlp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.284 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:29:17 / 6:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.0996 East, latitude -17.8106 South, depth = 65.284 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 18:29:17 / December 17, 2024 @ 6:29 pm.
Event epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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